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Table of Contents Page Foreword iii Preface iv Executive Summary viii I. Introduction 1 Background 4 Agricultural Policy-Recent Developments and New Initiatives 5 Role of Agricultural Input Markets in Promoting Agricultural Development 6 Nature, Scope, and Objectives of the Action Plan 6 Outline of the Report 7 II. An Assessment of Agricultural Input Markets 7 Constraints Affecting the Performance of Agricultural Input Markets 7 III. Potential of the Private Sector 13 IV. An Action Plan for Developing Agricultural Input Markets 14 Rationale for the Action Plan 14 The Five Pillars of Market Development 15 Supporting Measures 20 Action Plan Matrices for Fertilizer, Seed, and CPP Markets 22 V. Institutional Arrangements 22 Holistic Approach 22 Public-Private Partnership 28 Implementation Arrangements 28 Linkages 28 Government Commitment and Donor Support 29 Resource Requirements 29 Annex I Workshop Deliberations and Program 31 Annex II An Assessment of the Fertilizer Market 47 Annex III An Assessment of the Seed Market 71 Annex IV An Assessment of the CPP Market 89 Acronyms and Abbreviations AAT Agrochemical Associations of Tanzania ABDF Agri-input Business Development Fund AIIF Agricultural Input Import Fund AIMs Agricultural input markets ARIs Agricultural research institutes AS Ammonium sulfate ASDP Agricultural Sector Development Program ASDS Agricultural Sector Development Strategy ASP African Stockpile Program CAD Community Agricultural Development CAN Calcium ammonium nitrate CBIS Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening CIS Community Investment Subprojects COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CPPs Crop protection products DAI Development Alternatives, Incorporated DAP Diammonium phosphate DFID Department for International Development DGIS Directorate General for Development Cooperation EA East Africa EAC East African Community ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FGIS Farmer Group Investment Subprojects FSF Foundation Seed Farm GDP Gross domestic product GOT Government of Tanzania HYV High- yielding variety IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFDC An International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development IITA International Institute for Tropical Agriculture K Potassium KR II Kennedy Round II LC Letter of credit MAFS Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security MTL Masdar Technology Limited N Nitrogen NGOs Non-governmental organizations OPVs Open-pollinated varieties PADEP Participatory Agricultural Development and Empowerment Program PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper RDS Rural Development Strategy SADC Southern Africa Development Community SG 2000 Sasakawa-Global 2000 SSCR Shifting the supply curve to the right SMEs Small and medium enterprises SOEs State-owned enterprises TADA Tanzania Agri-Input Dealers Association TAZARA Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority TBS Tanzania Bureau of Standards TDV Tanzania Development Vision TFA Tanganyika Farmers Association TFC Tanzania Fertilizer Company TOSCA Tanzania Official Seed Certification Agency TPRI Tropical Pesticides Research Institute TRA Tanzania Revenue Authority TSP Triple superphosphate USAID United States Agency for International Development USDA United States Department of Agriculture WARDA West African Rice Development Association
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Tanzania.
Agricultural development projects -- Tanzania.