Information Sheet of Rice Related Project/Program in CARD First Group Countries | ||||||||||||
1. Country | Tanzania | |||||||||||
2. Title (Full name) | Rice Regional Centre of Excelence Project under Eastern Afrca Agricultural Productivity Programme (EAAPP) | |||||||||||
3. Project Location | KATRIN Ifakara and other Institutes of the Department of Research and Development (DRD) and MLDF Research and Training Centres |
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4. Type of project | 2 |
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1. Grant, 2. Loan, 3. Technical Coop./Assistance, 4. National budget, 5. Private sector | ||||||||||||
5. Fields covered (multiple selection) | 2 |
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1. Policy, 2. R & D, 3. Extension & Training, 4. Production, 5. Marketing 6. Post-harvest, 7. Irrigation, 8. Credit, 9. Seed, 10. Other ( specify below ) |
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6. Fund source (Funding agency) |
IDA/World Bank |
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7. Cost | Total: | USD 30 million |
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8. Project duration | Start: | 01/03/2010 | ||||||||||
(dd/mm/yy) | End: | 27/02/2015 | ||||||||||
9. Goal and objectives | Goal: | Enhanced sustainable productivity value added and competitiveness of sub-regional agricultural system |
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Obj.: | 1. Enhance regional specialization in agricultural rwesearch; 2. Enhance collaboration in agricutural training and tecnology dissemination; 3. Facilitatwe increased transfer of agricultural technology, information and knowledge across national bounderies. |
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10. Target beneficiaries | Direct: | Farmers, Processors |
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Secondary: | Traders, Consumers. |
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11. Project component (activities) | 1. | Strengthening the Rice Regional Centre of Excellence |
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2. | Technology Generation, Training and Dissemination |
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3. | Improved availability of Seeds and breeds |
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4. | Project coordination and management |
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12. Expected results (outputs) | 1. | IGerated technologies eg. new high yielding varieties |
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2. | 7 PhD holders, 10 Masters, |
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3. | ? Breeding, Entomology laboratories rehabilitated and modernized in research |
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4. | 6 Offices rehabilitated |
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5. | 6 Offices rehabilitated |
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13. Inputs | 1. | Training materials |
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2. | Staff |
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3. | Farmers, Processors |
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4. | Seed varieties. |
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14. Implementing agency | Leading: | DRD( MAFC) |
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Cooperate: | ||||||||||||
15. Status of the project | 3 | 1.Pipeline, 2. Approved, 3. On-going, 4. Completed | ||||||||||
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17. Person in charge | Name: | e-mail: |



TZ-14: Rice Regional Centre of Excelence Project under Eastern Afrca Agricultural Productivity Programme (EAAPP)
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