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Project title

Dairy Tanzania: Greening the Dairy Value Chain in Tanzania: Institutional Relationships and Innovations for Sustainable Milk Production 2021 to 2025

Primary Funding Agency

Teagasc

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

Teagasc

Lead Applicant

n/a

Project Abstract

Teagasc proposes to lead implementation of a dairy sector development project in Tanzania, concentrated in the Tanga region.� This project will be funded by Embassy of Ireland Tanzania and the development of the proposal has been led by Sustainable Food Systems Ireland (SFSI). �NUIG and Ryan Institute are also implementation partners. The theory of change is that long-term institutional relationships between Irish and Tanzanian partners, supported by initiatives for the delivery of capability-building, capacity and an applied research programme, coupled with enhanced innovation support to dairy value chain actors will increase the ability of farm families to produce increased volumes of milk in a profitable, sustainable and climate-resilient way. There are four components: - Enhanced institutional capacity to provide research-led innovations and outreach:� improved national institutional capacity (TALIRI and LITA) - An improved dairy value chain: improved climate smart dairy farming production and productivity - Improved organisational and enterprise capacity among value chain actors: enhanced organizational capacity and enterprise skills of dairy value chain actors and service suppliers - A sustainable partnership funding strategy developed and operationalized The proposed project is split into two phases � 18-month pilot phase (�0.8m) followed by 42-month second phase (�2.2m).� The projected start date is 1st October 2021.

Grant Approved

�350,000

Research Hub

Climate related research

Research Theme

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Start Date

27/07/2021

Initial Projected Completion Date

26/07/2022