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Africa
Tanzania
Zambia
Food and income security for family farmers
in four districts and urban households of Tanzania
Sunfl ower processing machine (Chunya)
Response to soaring food prices
Grandmother gains a livelihood from peri-urban garden project
Summary and objectives
• deliver business development services to farmers,
Summary and objectives
Target groups
Food insecurity is common in marginal areas of the
focusing on collective processing and marketing
This action was developed to directly mitigate the
12 000 vulnerable poor households on food vouch-
Kilimanjaro and Manyara regions and to a lesser
of their products;
impact of increased food prices on the poorest
ers; 10 000 small farmers receiving agricultural input
extent in the Mbeya and Pwani regions. These regions
• raise awareness on good nutrition.
households in seven districts of Zambia. It will use a
vouchers and extension services and 2 000 receiving
can produce more food, but are constrained by problems
ranging from infrastructure to knowledge and
technology. VECO has three ongoing programmes in
these regions, and will use this project to reach more
farmers with targeted technical support. The project
will support farmers in developing three selected
commodities: cassava in Mkuranga, sunfl ower in
Chunya and onions in Same. Increased production
and more effi cient ways to supply these products
to local and regional markets will trigger a rapid
response by family farmers, mitigating the negative
effects of volatile food prices on local populations and
those in the neighbouring urban centres.
Main activities
Target groups
12 835 family farmer households in the target districts
of Chunya, Mkuranga, Same and Simanjiro.
Final beneficiaries
The farmers and their households as well as an estimated
25 000 households in urban areas of Mbeya,
Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Pwani (Dar-es-Salaam).
Total estimated cost *
€ 3 479 167
Amount requested *
€ 1 774 375
system of electronic ‘e-vouchers’ with mobile phones
instead of food and input transfers. Market linkages
and opportunities will be exploited to increase
agricultural capacity and productivity, building on
partnerships in small-scale commercial vegetable
production and with the Conservation Farming Unit
and agro-dealers. Current collaborative food security
and safety net programmes by international and local
NGOs will underpin this 20-month action.
Main activities
Train retailers and benefi ciaries on electronic transactions
and distribute food vouchers (e-vouchers) to
benefi ciaries; provide post-distribution monitoring;
develop network of agricultural input suppliers and
food and input vouchers.
Final beneficiaries
72 000 people (mainly children, women and people
with HIV/AIDS; other participants in the wider agricultural
inputs and food supply markets).
Total estimated cost *
€ 2 469 703
Amount requested *
€ 2 222 733
Partners
CARE International, Expanded Church Response,
Auction Floor Projects
• facilitate and support off-farm seed production;
• provide full access to farm implements such
Partners
distribute input e-vouchers to 10 000 small-scale
farmers and vegetable producers with support for
Zambia.
as power tillers, processing machinery, storage
Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania
improved farming and garden techniques; train veg-
facilities, irrigation systems;
(Mviwata), District Councils of Same, Chunya,
etable growers in quality control, entrepreneurship,
• train farmers on improved production
Mkuranga and Simanjiro, Tanzania.
business skills and market linkages.
technologies, proper crop diversifi cation and
rotation systems with traditional food crops that
provide a balanced diet;
Vredeseilanden (VECO), Belgium
info@vredeseilanden.be
www.vredeseilanden.be
DCI-FOOD/128608/349
World Vision UK, United Kingdom
kate.mulhearn@worldvision.org.uk
info@worldvision.org.uk
www.worldvision.org.uk
DCI-FOOD/128608/637
* Actions and amounts can be discussed/negotiated among the parties
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