OUTLINE 1 ST QUARTER ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES Community sensitization Stakeholder mobilization baseline survey subsector value chain technical needs assessment

1 st Q ACTIVITIES To perform the baseline survey to groups of producers, processors and market associations To perform the subsector value chain analysis of paddy To perform the technical needs assessment to groups of producers, processors and market associations and To perform Community sensitization to members of the community in the villages where the projects is undertaken and To perform Stakeholder mobilization to influence active groups

OBJECTIVES To perform community sensitization so as to get the project into community mind sets and cultivate enhanced grounds for better chance of selecting beneficiaries To perform Stakeholder mobilization in order to get the active groups to participate fully in the project. To perform the baseline survey so as to assess the situation the groups of producers, processors and market associations have, prior to project intervention in terms of their levels of productivity,income, agricultural practices, processing, value addition, marketing and financing. To perform subsector value chain analysis so as to assess the performance of paddy in terms of its production, processing and marketing in Ulanga District so as to establish an effective intervention plan and To perform technical needs assessment so as to assess the level of knowledge and skills that the groups have and how they apply them on production, processing and marketing of paddy and plan for capacity building on indentified gaps.

1 st Q ACTIVITIES SNWARDVILLAGES 1LUPIROLupiroMadibiraIgotaNakafulu 2MTIMBIRAMtimbiraMadibiraKipenyoMunga 3MALINYIMalinyi Mchangan i Kipingo Maseges e Makelele 4 KOHERANG A KoherangaLupunga Maband a Tanga

MOBILIZATION WARDSNVILLAGE TOTAL GROUP S TOTAL MEMBE RS MALE FEMA LE LUPIRO 1Lupiro Igota Madibira Nakafulu MTIMBIRA 5Mtimbira Madibira Kipenyo2410 8Munga MALINYI 9Malinyi Mchangani Kipingo Masegese Makelele KOHERAN GA 14Koheranga Lupunga Mabanda Tanga3651 TOTALS

GROUPS DISTRIBUTION WardSnVillage Total Groups ProducersProcessorsSACCOS Marketing AssociationsMarketing Associations Lupiro Igota Madibira Nakafulu Mtimbira Madibira Kipenyo Munga Malinyi Mchangani Kipingo Masegese Makelele Koheranga 14Koheranga Lupunga Mabanda Tanga TOTAL

RECORDS KEEPING WardSnVillage Action plansMeetingFinancial List of members Production and salesProduction and sales Lupiro Igota Madibira Nakafulu Mtimbira Madibira Kipenyo Munga Malinyi Mchangani Kipingo Masegese Makelele Koheranga 14Koheranga Lupunga Mabanda Tanga TOTAL

DEVELOPMENT STAGE WardSnVillage FormingStormingNorming Performi ng AdjourningAdjourning Lupiro Igota Madibira Nakafulu Mtimbira Madibira Kipenyo Munga Malinyi Mchangani Kipingo Masegese Makelele Koheranga 14Koheranga Lupunga Mabanda Tanga TOTAL

BUSINESSAND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WardSnVillage Marketing committees Bank accounts Business plans Market informati on system Value addition Value addition Lupiro Igota Madibira Nakafulu Mtimbira Madibira Kipenyo Munga Malinyi Mchangani Kipingo Masegese Makelele Koheranga 14Koheranga Lupunga Mabanda Tanga TOTAL

PROCESSORES AND WAREHOUSES WARDSNVILLAGEPROCESSORS WARD SN VILLAGE SINGLE STAGE TWO STAGE LUPIRO 1Igota52 2Nakafuru41 3Lupiro70 4Madibira61 MTIMBIRA 5Kipenyo32 6Madibira21 7Mtimbira125 8Munga21 MALINYI 9Kipingo31 10Makerere21 11Malinyi181 12Mchangani22 13Msegese42 NGOHERAN GA 14Koheranga31 15Lupunga21 16Mabanda22 17Tanga22

SEEDS VARIETIES SNVARIETYCATEGORYREASON OF PRODUCTION 1IndiaTraditionallong grain, non-shattering, High yield 2KyelaTraditionalPalatable,resistance to pest/disease 3SigaraTraditionalPalatable, large grains 4KalimataTraditionalPalatable, good yields and large grains 5ZambiaTraditionalPalatable, large grains 6MbawambiliTraditionalPalatable and Good in threshing 7KisegeseTraditionalGood threshing and not easy attacked by birds 8SupaTraditionalPalatable, good and milling quality 9NgomeTraditionalPalatable 10 Kalingangauil a TraditionalMaturity, high yield, long grain, good milling 11RangimbiliTraditionalMaturity, high yield, long grain, good milling 12MwanzaTraditionalPalatable, large grains 13SupaindiaTraditionalHigh yields, large grains and good cooking 14SaluImprovedHigh yields, large grains and good cooking 15LawamaImprovedEarly maturity, not easily preferred by birds 16WahipesaImprovedEarly maturity 17 Domo la fisiImprovedmedium duration

FARMING CALENDER Activity JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Land preparation nursery preparation planting/transplanti ng pesticides/herbicide s application Weeding fertilizer application Threshing winnowing Drying Storing Transporting Marketing

COST OF PRODUCTION SNActivityUnitCost 1Farm hiringPer Acre20,000/= 2land preparationPer Acre30,000/= 3CultivationPer Acre50,000/= 4plantingPer Acre60,000/= 5pesticidesPer Acre40,000/= 6weedingPer Acre70,000/= 7 threshing Per Acre40,000/= 8 winnowing Per Bag (100 KGs)1,000/= 9 Drying and packing to bags Per Bag (100 KGs)1,000/= 10Transporting to the storagePer Bag (100 KGs)4,000/= 11storagePer Bag (100 KGs)900/= 12transporting to millersPer Bag (100 KGs)3000/= 13millingPer Bag (100 KGs)10,000/= 14transporting to the marketsPer Bag (100 KGs)4,000/= 15taxes andPer Bag (100 KGs)500/= 16selling fees at the marketsPer Bag (100 KGs)500/= Total334,000/=

TECHNICAL SKILLS GAP SNSKILLSGAPS Skills on planting/transplanting and weeding 1CultivationPreparation and management of the soil in the field needs to be addressed 2Seed and Seedbed Preparation Knowledge on seed bed preparation, dispensing the seedlings and nursing them has to be disseminated 3Planting /TransplantingTimely transplanting of seedlings needs to be addressed and the quality of the soil itself needs to be analyzed 4WeedingThe control that is maintained over water shall be addressed Skills on pesticides/herbicides and fertilizer application 4Fertilizer applicationAddress the issue on how to conduct soil analysis on the land, on determining the period for applying the fertilizer so that it mix well with the soil and on choosing the right kind and amount of fertilizer to be used 5Pesticides/ Herbicides applicationAddress the issue of using the recommended pesticides that affects various parts of the paddy plant Skills on drying, storing and transporting 6DryingAddress the period required for drying the shredded paddy under the sun or mechanically in order to maintain the quality 7StoringAddress the conditions to be observed when preparing location to store the grains for long term storage Facilities, hygiene, and monitoring Cleanliness, temperature, and humidity control 8TransportingAddress the issue of choosing the suitable place for threshing and storing so as to cope with the lack of appropriate transport systems to avoid post-harvest losses Entrepreneurship skills 9MindsetThe issue of taking risk and observing paddy farming as a business opportunity has to be addressed so as the producers 10Business planAddress the issues of proper planning and research on markets, seeds with high yields, cost effectiveness, Source of funds and value addition for maximizing profits Knowledge on WRS and Contract farming 11Contract farmingDevelop detailed sales agreements that include specifics on pricing, packaging, quality, point of delivery, and contract duration 12Warehouse Receipt systemAddress the issues of understanding annual price cycles and monitor market prices closely to remain knowledgeable about the real value of the product being stored so as to make informed decisions on whether to use WRS or not for those producers Skills on marketing 13Marketing channelsAddress the issue of using the right channels with the maximum expected profit costs and marginsAddress the importance of calculating the difference between the price paid by the buyer by the total cost of production Skills on Value Addition 14Packaging, Branding/ labeling Address the importance of packaging paddy/rice and its effects if it is kept in open how quality may be adversely affected. Address the issue of branding and labeling of rice and its significant impact on consumer preference 15GradingAddress the issue of quality in the market, for example to retailers the sale of paddy/rice is generally done on the basis of visual inspection of available sample and with local commercial name. Buyers offer price on the visual examination of whole lot considering the quality factors like size and color of the grains, moisture content, aroma, broken grains, foreign matter and admixture of other varieties. Skills on accessing financial assistance 16SavingProducers have to be sensitized on the importance of saving in facilitating the obtaining of financial services and be taught various saving scheme 17Farms mappingProducers have to be sensitized on the importance of GPS mapping their farms so as to easy the process of obtaining financial services 18InsuranceProducers have to be sensitized on the importance of using insurance on their products on the farm and its importance in accessing financial services

CHALLENGES AND RECOMENDATIONS SNSN CHALLENGESWAY FOWARD 1There is a large number of paddy varieties that is produced in the area which brings inconsistent in the market Perform market survey and benefit vs cost of production, processing and selling each variety of paddy and advice producers on what to produce profitably 2Absence of market information and little knowledge of planning for profitable farming especially in selection of paddy variety, value addiction and branding Extend media to social sites and websites so that the information is easily disseminated and feedback is easily obtained from the producers as the number of people with mobile phones is increasing 3There is no easy media campaigns that produce a wide reach to producers Applying new techniques in disseminating information through short code massages by targeting and selecting exactly groups that skills and knowledge needs to be sharing to targeted groups 4There is no motivations from producers who successfully influence others through success stories Select some few groups with standard literacy levels to be trained on entrepreneurship, value addition and marketing so that the successfulness of these in production, processing and marketing will set example, encourage and influence others 5Lack of farming insurance as well as transportation insurance which hinders the producers in committing the maximum efforts in production fearing for the worst Research for proper insurance mechanism for farming and transportation hat will be useful and of profitability to producers 6There is a absenteeism of financing institutions that can support the small and medium scale producers of paddy in the area as the result production is hindered Link the group of producers to the financiers mainly the Tanzania Agriculture Investment Bank so that small and medium producers can be supported in increasing the capacity of producing, storing and selling 7The literacy levels of the producers is so low to proper equip them with skills on marketing, entrepreneurship and Value addition Encourage as many groups as possible to stay organized so as to form avenues that will be used to receive trainings and skills and knowledge sharing form various stake holders

CONCLUSION To conduct training on groups business planning, saving and financing To link all the production groups to the Tanzania Agriculture Investment bank To conduct training on value addition and market linkages in relation to initial infrastructures that have been identified for producing market linkages To perform initial market linkages initiative to expected harvests of June and July