Tathmini Ya Programu ya IFAD nchini Tanzania yaonyesha Mafanikio Makubwa

Mkurugenzi wa IFAD, Ofisi huru ya Tathmini, Mr Oscar Garcia akitoa ripoti ya tathmini ya programu ya IFAD nchini Tanzania jinsi ilivyoweza kuonyesha mafanikio makubwa wakati wa warsha ya siku moja iliyofanyika Januari 29, 2014 jijini Dar katika Ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Mwl Nyerere.

 Waziri wa Kilim, Chakula na Ushirika Tanzania Bara, Mh Steven Wassira akisoma hotuba fupi wakati wa warsha ya siku moja iliyolenga kuonyesha mafanikio ya programu ya IFAD nchini Tanzania, warsha iliyofanyika katika Ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Mwl Nyerere Januari 29, 2014 jijini Dar.

Waziri wa Kilimo na Maliasili wa Zanzibar, Mh Sira Ubwa Mamboya akizungumza wakati wa warsha ya siku moja iliyofanyika Januari 29, 2014 katika ukumbi wa mikutano wa kimataifa wa Mwl Nyerere wakati wa kuwasilisha ripoti ya tathmini ya programu ya IFAD nchini Tanzania.

Nadine Gbossa, Mkuu wa Ofisi ya Kanda ya IFAD Nairobi akizungumzia tathmini ya mafanikio ya programu ya IFAD nchini Tanzania katika warsha ya siku moja iliyofanyika Januari 29 2014 jijini Dar Es Salaam katika Ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Mwl Nyerere.

Wafanyakazi wa IFAD Tanzania na washirika wake wakifuatilia warsha hiyo ya siku moja iliyofanyika Jijini Dar  Januari 29, 2014 katika Ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Kimtaifa wa Mwl Nyerere

Mgeni rasmi ambae pia ni Waziri wa Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika, Mh Steven Wassira akiwa katika Picha ya Pamoja na baadhi ya viongozi waandamizi wa Shirika la IFAD pamoja na wahisani.Picha zote na Josephat Lukaza - Lukaza Blog

Dar es Salaam, 29 January 2015 - Targeted investments in Tanzanian agriculture contributed to increasing  yields for crops such as paddy,  maize, or tomato in a range of 60 to 120 per cent in those areas where irrigation and extension activities were carried out at a substantial level, a new country programme evaluation by the Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), presented today in Dar es Salaam, reveals.

Tanzania has the second-largest IFAD portfolio (in terms of volume of lending) in the East and Southern Africa region, after Ethiopia. Since the beginning of IFAD's operations in the country in 1978, IFAD has financed 14 loan-funded investment projects of US$360 million, and has mobilized more than US$700 million in support to agricultural development projects. The government has provided cofinancing of US$72 million, or about 10 per cent of total portfolio costs. Additional contributions were provided by other donors, notably the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the governments of Belgium, Japan and Ireland.

The evaluation recommended that IFAD support the next phase of the Agricultural Sector Development Programme – a governmental programme that aims to improve farmers' access to and use of agricultural knowledge, technologies, marketing systems and infrastructure, in Mainland and Zanzibar.

 “In Zanzibar and Pemba alone, IFAD’s support through the Agricultural Sector Development Programme has assisted more than 35,000 farmers, 62 per cent of whom were women,” said Nadine Gbossa, Head of the IFAD Regional Office in Nairobi. “This programme has concentrated on agricultural extension activities, adopting the innovative Farmer Field Schools approach. The Government has adopted this approach as part of its policies and strategies, and is now integrating it in its programmes. This is a major achievement for IFAD as a partner.”

The evaluation report highlighted how instrumental IFAD and other development partners were in supporting Tanzania’s decentralization policy, which seeks to devolve responsibility for designing and implementing projects to local government authorities. The evaluation, however, found limited progress in supporting agricultural marketing and value chain development.

The independent evaluation report – the second of its kind in Tanzania – will inform IFAD’s next country strategy in late 2015. “The next IFAD country strategy is an opportunity to build on the results of agriculture extension activities and  focus on marketing and agricultural value-chain development, as well as to strengthen non-lending activities, including knowledge management, policy dialogue and partnership-building,” said Oscar A. Garcia, Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation. "Moreover, there is room to broaden engagement with the private sector and explore more coordinated support to value chains with other development partners in Tanzania," he added.

The full evaluation report is expected to be released in April 2015.

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Press release No.: IFAD/XX/2014

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IFAD fact sheet “Investing in rural people in the United Republic of Tanzania”: http://www.ifad.org/operations/projects/regions/Pf/factsheets/tanzania.pdf

IFAD Videos on Tanzania:

1.       Tanzania: Water Works http://youtu.be/f_wCNpoPFqE  (longer event version including Government spokesperson http://youtu.be/xZHLy68n5EI)

2.      Tanzania: The Long Walk for Water http://youtu.be/kR5P1Um88tQ

3.       Tanzania: Qashing In – The Follow Up http://youtu.be/pFqbHwVXSYs  (Follow up to Qashing In http://youtu.be/U5VxgVEEc_w)

4.      Zanzibar: Farming 101 http://youtu.be/ycOEuh33Lmg

5.       Zanzibar: Back to Farmers Field School (follow up story) http://youtu.be/xlLNaMetT1Y

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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invests in rural people, empowering them to reduce poverty, increase food security, improve nutrition and strengthen resilience. Since 1978, we have provided over US$16 billion in grants and low-interest loans to projects that have reached more than 430 million people. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agriculture hub.

About the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE): IOE conducts evaluations of IFAD-financed policies, strategies and operations to promote accountability and learning. The main purpose is to contribute to improving IFAD's and its partners' performance in reducing rural poverty in recipient countries.  IOE's independent evaluations assess the impact of IFAD-funded activities and give an analysis of successes and shortcomings – to tell it the way it is – as well as identify factors affecting performance. Based on the key insights and recommendations drawn from evaluation findings, IOE also communicates and shares IFAD’s knowledge and experience in agriculture and rural development with a wider audience.