| Information Sheet of Rice Related Project/Program in CARD First Group Countries | |||||||||||
| 1. Country | Tanzania | ||||||||||
| 2. Title (Full name) | Technical Cooperation for Supporting Service Delivery Systems of Irrigated Agriculture | ||||||||||
| 3. Project Location | MATI (KATC, Igurusi, Ilonga, Ukiriguru), ARIs (Rice Research Programme) | ||||||||||
| 4. Type of project | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1. Grant, 2. Loan, 3. Technical Coop./Assistance, 4. National budget, 5. Private sector | |||||||||||
| 5. Fields covered (multiple selection) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 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) |
JICA | ||||||||||
| 7. Cost | Total: | US$ 6,500,000 | |||||||||
| 8. Project duration | Start: | 06/2007 | |||||||||
| (dd/mm/yy) | End: | 06/2012 | |||||||||
| 9. Goal and objectives | Goal: | ASDP objectives of improving and expanding irrigated agriculture are realized. | |||||||||
| Profitability and incomes of smallholder rice farmers are increased. | |||||||||||
| Obj.: | Productivity of rice cultivation in priority irrigation schemes is increased through strengthening service delivery systems of irrigated agriculture. | ||||||||||
| 10. Target beneficiaries | Direct: | Rice farmers in 40 irrigation schemes | |||||||||
| Secondary: | Smallholder rice farmers in Tanzania | ||||||||||
| 11. Project component (activities) | 1. | Identify priority irrigation schemes through dialogues with the stakeholders. | |||||||||
| 2. | Conduct trainers' training. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Conduct residential and field training. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Conduct monitoring and evaluation on prgress of capacity building. | ||||||||||
| 5. | Plan, conduct and monitor the technical training in Irrigated rice production with gender consideration. | ||||||||||
| 6. | Provide technical support on planning of training programmes in irrigated rice production at the District level as a part of DADPs. | ||||||||||
| 7. | Conduct on-farm trials for rice varieties including NERICA. | ||||||||||
| 8. | Prepare guidelines on basic rice cultivation technologies. | ||||||||||
| 12. Expected results (outputs) | 1. | Rice cultivation practices are improved in priority irrigation schemes through the Farmer-to-Farmer extension approach. | |||||||||
| 2. | Cooperative linkages between Research, Training and Extension institutions are strengthened for improving rice productivity. | ||||||||||
| 13. Inputs | 1. | JICA Experts (long-term and short-term): Chief Adviser, Coordinator/Rice Cultivation/Farm Management, Irrigation/Farmers' Training, Upland Rice Cultivation/Research, Gender and Livelihood Improvement, Irrigation Scheme Management, Information Management, Post-harvest Processing, and Marketing | |||||||||
| 2. | Training for task group members in Japan and/or in third countries | ||||||||||
| 3. | Machinery and equipment | ||||||||||
| 4. | Field training facilities at MATI-Ilonga and MATI-Ukiriguru | ||||||||||
| 5. | Agreed operational costs | ||||||||||
| 14. Implementing agency | Leading: | JICA | |||||||||
| Cooperate: | Division of Research and Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives | ||||||||||
| 15. Status of the project | 3 | 1.Pipeline, 2. Approved, 3. On-going, 4. Completed | |||||||||
| 16. Issues/problems | |||||||||||
| 17. Person in charge | Name:Koji SUNAZAKI | e-mail:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |||||||||
| Key Word: | Irrigation, service delivery systems, NERICA, gender, extension | ||||||||||
