SAGCOT Integrated Knowledge and Information for Agriculture (SIKIA)

To increase production and productivity

COUNTRY/REC Tanzania

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD October 2016 - September 2019

PROJECT SITE Mbarali, Kyela, Mbeya

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 TechForce Innovations B.V
2 Milan Innovincy B.V.
3 Kadaster International,
4 AGRA
5 Kilomo Trust
6 AGRA
7 Kilimo Trust

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 0 - 0
Project Goal

To increase production and productivity

Project Objectives

To realize the delivery of actionable information services

Project Outputs

3,468 plots mapped and 3,199 uploaded to Spatiotemporal Agri-business Framework

16 cropping calendars prepared, printed and distributed to Districts, wards, villages and Irrigators Organizations offices.

53 ToTs trained on Good Agricultural Practices and Good Post Harvest Handling practices these in turn trained 1, 968 SHFs

22 ToTs trained on Farmers Business School who in turn trained 671 farmers (41.5% Females) in Mbuyuni, Makwale, Kisegese and Kasyabone schemes.

30 agribusiness registered to date and awaiting the SAF credentials to access the system

MoU with TMA has been signed that will facilitate dissemination of weather information to SHFs.

18 radio programs aired so far teaching farmers on GAP while SMS services on plots specifics delivered to 550 SHFs.

10,037 SHFs registered in the SAF system and receiving weather information services via their mobile phones.

Project activities

Satellite data collection

Plot mapping

Traing

Market linkage

Dissemination

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 125000
2 Other VC actors 399
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Contact (implementing agency)

CARD
Robert Mwaluseke