The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in Tanzania

The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example...

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Autores principales: Cadilhon, Joseph J., Ngoc Diep Pham, Maass, Brigitte L.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CentMa (Germany) 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73664
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author Cadilhon, Joseph J.
Ngoc Diep Pham
Maass, Brigitte L.
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description The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example of a commodity association addressing the joint problems of the region’s dairy industry. The platform has achieved a common understanding among chain actors on dairy price structure; it has successfully lobbied policy makers to reduce value-added tax on dairy inputs and products, and to remove limitations on urban dairy farming in Tanga city.
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spelling CGSpace736642025-11-12T05:57:24Z The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in Tanzania Cadilhon, Joseph J. Ngoc Diep Pham Maass, Brigitte L. livestock dairies The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example of a commodity association addressing the joint problems of the region’s dairy industry. The platform has achieved a common understanding among chain actors on dairy price structure; it has successfully lobbied policy makers to reduce value-added tax on dairy inputs and products, and to remove limitations on urban dairy farming in Tanga city. 2016-03-30 2016-05-22T11:57:23Z 2016-05-22T11:57:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73664 en Open Access application/pdf CentMa (Germany) Cadilhon, J.J., Ngoc Diep Pham and Maass, B.L. 2016. The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in Tanzania. International Journal on Food System Dynamics 7(2):81-91.
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