JOBS IN TANZANIA>>>Agricultural Marketing System Development Programme
The program will help the government to achieve large-scale changes in the agricultural marketing subsector, with the aim of making rural markets work better and empowering small farmers within markets. The program:
Strengthening of some 1,000 producer groups so that they have a better bargaining position and greater influence in formulating policies, identifying marketing opportunities, and negotiating prices.
Assist the government in the rationalization of current regulation, taxation and exchange rate policies, among others, to contribute to improving the efficiency of the marketing system.
Improvement of market infrastructures through the construction and rehabilitation of 700 km of rural roads, 200 km of access roads and 30 market centers, and by financing post-harvest facilities
Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Marketing to collect, classify and disseminate information on agricultural marketing
Help producer groups, grassroots organizations, traders and processors to access equity loans and shares from commercial banks, when necessary to improve marketing activities.
Establish and strengthen vertical and horizontal links between producer groups, grassroots companies, processors, local marketing chains and exporters.
Contacts:
Address
Agricultural Marketing System Development Programme
Arusha
Phone Number
255 27 2505722