The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania
This report presents the importance of recognizing and engaging midstream actors in transforming Tanzania's food system. Midstream actors provide essential market access to smallholder farmers, help matching supply with demand, and offer valuable market information to aid farmers' decision-making. H...
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World Vegetable Center
2024
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| author | Mvungi, Henry Mlowe, Nickson Ernest, Zablon Mwambi, Mercy Dijkxhoorn, Youri |
| author_browse | Dijkxhoorn, Youri Ernest, Zablon Mlowe, Nickson Mvungi, Henry Mwambi, Mercy |
| author_facet | Mvungi, Henry Mlowe, Nickson Ernest, Zablon Mwambi, Mercy Dijkxhoorn, Youri |
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| description | This report presents the importance of recognizing and engaging midstream actors in transforming Tanzania's food system. Midstream actors provide essential market access to smallholder farmers, help matching supply with demand, and offer valuable market information to aid farmers' decision-making. However, issues such as preventing direct transactions between farmers and buyers, lack of market transparency, and unfair practices like the ‘rumbesa’ system, which demands extra payments from farmers, pose challenges. Informal retailers also play a crucial role, acting as intermediaries between farmers and consumers, ensuring efficient distribution and affordability. Food safety concerns, primarily related to chemical spraying, foodborne pathogens, and poor transportation conditions, were highlighted. Addressing these issues through improved packaging, better transport conditions, and fair-trading practices can reduce post-harvest losses and enhance quality. Recommendations for interventions include capacity building of farmers, promoting digitalization, enhancing midstream value chain actor capacity, introducing improved packing materials, regulating the market, conducting research, and also acknowledging the importance of the midstream segment. Implementing these strategies will contribute to a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable supply chain in Tanzania, benefiting all stakeholders. In the end, we aim to involve midstream actors as important change agents who can leverage the uptake of innovations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1594352024-11-09T02:06:35Z The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania Mvungi, Henry Mlowe, Nickson Ernest, Zablon Mwambi, Mercy Dijkxhoorn, Youri food systems market access smallholders decision making food safety postharvest losses value chains This report presents the importance of recognizing and engaging midstream actors in transforming Tanzania's food system. Midstream actors provide essential market access to smallholder farmers, help matching supply with demand, and offer valuable market information to aid farmers' decision-making. However, issues such as preventing direct transactions between farmers and buyers, lack of market transparency, and unfair practices like the ‘rumbesa’ system, which demands extra payments from farmers, pose challenges. Informal retailers also play a crucial role, acting as intermediaries between farmers and consumers, ensuring efficient distribution and affordability. Food safety concerns, primarily related to chemical spraying, foodborne pathogens, and poor transportation conditions, were highlighted. Addressing these issues through improved packaging, better transport conditions, and fair-trading practices can reduce post-harvest losses and enhance quality. Recommendations for interventions include capacity building of farmers, promoting digitalization, enhancing midstream value chain actor capacity, introducing improved packing materials, regulating the market, conducting research, and also acknowledging the importance of the midstream segment. Implementing these strategies will contribute to a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable supply chain in Tanzania, benefiting all stakeholders. In the end, we aim to involve midstream actors as important change agents who can leverage the uptake of innovations. 2024-11-07 2024-11-08T14:41:06Z 2024-11-08T14:41:06Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159435 en Open Access application/pdf World Vegetable Center Mvungi, Henry; Mlowe, Nickson; Ernest, Zablon; Mwambi, Mercy; and Dijkxhoorn, Youri. 2024. The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania. CGIAR FRESH Initiative Working Paper 1. Arush, Tanzania: World Vegetable Center. |
| spellingShingle | food systems market access smallholders decision making food safety postharvest losses value chains Mvungi, Henry Mlowe, Nickson Ernest, Zablon Mwambi, Mercy Dijkxhoorn, Youri The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title | The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title_full | The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title_short | The role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in Tanzania |
| title_sort | role of midstream actors in vegetable value chains in tanzania |
| topic | food systems market access smallholders decision making food safety postharvest losses value chains |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159435 |
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