A new study shows that the livestock sectors’ contribution to Tanzania’s agricultural GDP is increasing with 30% of livestock’s contribution to GDP coming from the dairy sector. Continue reading
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Value chain development entry points for Tanzania’s dairy sector
A ‘Rapid appraisal of dairy value chains in Morogoro and Tanga regions in Tanzania’, conducted across eight villages in Kilosa and Mvomero districts in Morogoro and in Mvomero and Lushoto districts in Tanga, has identified key entry points for beginning to address the constraints in the country’s dairy sector. Continue reading
Reviews highlight successes and challenges of Tanzania dairy innovation platforms
Recent reviews of capacity building training of dairy innovation platforms in Tanga and Morogoro in Tanzania highlights key opportunities and challenges in efforts to improve dairy production in the country. Continue reading
Dairy hubs in Tanzania: Ensuring smallholder farmers participate in the value chain
A study on the sustainability of dairy development in Tanzania looked at factors that would facilitate or impede adoption of the dairy hub model by input providers and milk traders and recommended interventions that can ensure increased small-scale actors’ participation in the dairy value chain. Continue reading
Tanzania Dairy Development Forum improves dairy management by widely sharing information
A new study reports on how, despite being relatively new, the Dairy Development Forum (DDF) in Tanzania is helping to improve Tanzania’s dairy sector, largely by sharing information, especially through membership associations, Continue reading