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AgResults Tanzania Dairy Productivity Challenge Project

Cooperative Development Organisation

Implementing Partners and Organisations

PWC, Abt Associates, Deloitte

Period of Implementation

July 2019 - June 2024

Geographic scope

Africa: Tanzania

Cities: Coastal Regions (Pwani, Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tanga)

Budget

$ 4,400,000
€ 4 190 476

Donor(s)

Bilateral Aid: Global Affairs Canada, UKAID, USAID, Australian Government

Foundations: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Multilateral Aid: World Bank Group

Sector(s)

Agriculture & Fisheries

Type of Activity

Budget support (Grants or Direct Financing), Monitoring & Evaluation, Value Chains / Socioeconomic Circuits, Visibility & Dissemination

Summary

The AgResults Tanzania Dairy Productivity Challenge Project is a four-year, US$4.9 million prize competition that aims to increase dairy productivity by encouraging private sector input suppliers to deliver inputs to smallholder farmers. By providing a prize for each bundle of high-quality inputs delivered, the competitions will increase animal productivity, boost smallholder farmers’ incomes, and strengthen value chain relationships between dairy producers and the formal dairy sector. Land O'Lakes Venture37 serves as the Project Manager.

Project Objectives

To increase dairy productivity by encouraging private sector input suppliers to deliver inputs to smallholder farmers. By providing a prize for each bundle of high-quality inputs delivered, the competitions will increase animal productivity, boost smallholder farmers’ incomes, and strengthen value chain relationships between dairy producers and the formal dairy sector.

Impact on SDGs

SDG1 - No Poverty
SDG2 - Zero Hunger
SDG5 - Gender Equality
SDG9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Main Indicators

1) Liters of additional milk production
2) Additional farmer revenue
3) Competitor revenue
4) Market penetration in the number of dairy farmers in the target region(s) reached

Impact Measurement

Sales Audits, Phone Interviews, Physical Farmer Interviews, Baseline and Endline Evaluations, Gender Assessment

Direct beneficiaries

Organisations: 16

Individuals: 8536

Key Tags

Food Security, Gender, Informal economy