Tanzania Agriculture Overview
Climate-Smart Soybean Investment
Why Soybean?
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Unavailability of high-quality seeds.
Limited access to extension services for increased productivity
and profitability.
Inadequate processing facilities for value addition and
increased income.
Boosts employment and income, especially for women and
youth.
Impacts
Increase per capita income to
2180 rural households to 755
USD from 380 USD.
• Soybean based livestock and
fish feed innovation and value
addition
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Investment Pillars
Seed multiplication
Investment
(USD)
2,677,208.23
NPV
(USD)
IRR
(%)
64,321.31
8.57%
Extension services
848,974.37
61,016.32
9.93%
Processing facilities
3,846,615.37
116,544.42
10.39%
Value Chain Support
Access to agricultural inputs: Quality
seeds and inoculants
Government of URT
Access to agricultural implements:
Portable agricultural machinery for
planting and fertilizer application and
harvesting
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Government of URT
TOTAL REQUIRED INVESTMENT: USD $7.37m
.
Increase income by
converting Soybean into
higher value-added products.
Social economic and
environmental benefits
Ensured food and nutrition
security through increased
access and affordability of
Soybean and its products.
Increase accessibility and
affordability of livestock and
fish feed.
Climate-Smart production
and processing widely used
(including renewable
energy).
FIAT
PANIS
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations
Hand-in-Hand
Initiative
Market
Domestic Market
High local demand of
variety of Soybean based
foods and household
goods produced and sold
in local market at
affordable competitive
price.
Soybean based livestock
and fish feed is sold
locally at affordable price
to livestock, fish and
poultry farmers.
International Market
Tap on external market for
Soybean raw material
including China, India and
other Asian countries.
Secure regional market
share for Soybean as raw
material for animal and
fish feed production.
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Risk and mitigation
Risk: Availability and
affordability of quality
seeds.
Mitigation: Contract
farming to ensure seed
quality standard and
affordability.
Risk: High transportation
cost from production area
to major cities.
Mitigation: Capitalizing on
economies of scale and
use of railway for
transportation.
Risk: Competitive market
price from other regional
producers.
Mitigation: Investment on
good extension service for
reduced production cost.View entire presentation