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Some of the main programs that have been implemented by MVIWATA include the
following;
1. Rural Markets D evelopment Project (RMDP), which was implemented from January
2002 to D ecember, 2004. RMDP was financed by the French Government through its
international development arm AFD. Through the implementation of RMDP four rural
markets were been constructed, which are K ibaigwa market in K ongwa district D odoma,
Tandai and Tawa markets in Morogoro district and N yandira market in Mvomero district
Morogoro.
2. Support to Rural Markets (SRM). The three years project been implemented between
April 2006 March 2009, through a partnership between MVIWATA and FERT, financed
mainly by the European Union (EU).
3. Improvement of Financial services to farmers by establishing micro finance institutions.
MVIWATA is being implementing the project in partnership with LVIA, FERT and U MADEP
in Morogoro, Dodoma and Kilimanjaro regions, financed by European Union (EU).
4. Empowering participation of the farmers in planning and monitoring in agricultural
sector being implemented through a partnership with IFAD.
5. Projects for enhancing agricultural and livestock production and local economy in
partnership with TRIAS and SCC.
6. Promotion of Rural Tourism, the project being implemented in partnership with
Agriterra.
7. Strengthening the farmers’ groups and networks at all levels, the project being
implemented in partnership with Agriterra, OXFAM and VECO. |
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Membership
MVIWATA has three types of membership
Ordinary members, which fall into two categories;
a) groups
b) individual farmer whose membership is acquired through the group. The farmer
becomes a member of MVIWATA automatically after his/her group/network has been
registered as a member.
Organisations, associations and networks which are owned by small-scale farmers
and whose objectives are compliant with the mission of MVIWATA can be eligible for
membership.
Associate member is any person, institution or a group of people, who cannot become
ordinary members but whose contribution can be outstanding and can enhance the mission
of MVIWATA.
Currently MVIWATA it has about 70, 000 individual small-scale farmers through their
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Collaboration and Partnership
MVIWATA has collaboration or partnerships with the following institutions;
• The Government of Tanzania
• The Government of Zanzibar
• Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)
• Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCOBs)
Non-governmental organizations, local and international such as;
• Agriterra of Netherlands
• FERT of France
• GRET of France
• INADES Formation Tanzania
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• KEPA of Finland
• Lay Volunteers International Association (LVIA) of Italy.
• OXFAM Ireland and OXFAM International
• Participatory Ecological and Land use Management (PELUM)
• Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) of Sweden
• TRIAS of Belgium
• VECO of Belgium |
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Achievements
1. Empowerment of Small- scale farmers’ networks in regional, district, ward and village
level.
2. Improved credit access and living standard of small-scale farmers with rural micro
finance institutions, processing, marketing and entrepreneurship. A total of six markets
under farmers’ supervision have been constructed in Morogoro, D odoma, Tanga and
Iringa regions.
3. Improved food security situation of farmers as the success of cereal banks, processing
and storage modernized techniques.
4. Recognition of farmers who in some areas have been involved in decision making
organs such as Regional Advisory Board and ward development committee, as the sign
of recognition of MVIWATA.
5. Improved knowledge, skills and self-esteem of Small-scale farmers as the success of
training program of MVIWATA |
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