fruit drying in tanzania
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Joseph Sekiku, a social entrepreneur and Ashoka fellow in Western Tanzania, has been introducing dried fruit as a new potential source of income for rural farmers in the region. Dried fruit is relatively new to the country's market. This presentation also highlights some of the challenges of pursuing this as a business.TRANSCRIPT
Joseph Sekiku Fighting POVERTY, Enhancing Food Security
Director Creating Jobs and Employment; and
Adding Value to agricultural products
Experiences from field
FADECO TRADING COMPANY LTD
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Production and marketing of solar dried fruits and vegetables from Karagwe district, Kagera region, NW Tanzania
•FTC started in 1999 and Pioneer of fruit drying in Tanzania
• Trained over 3,000 small producers/ farmers in fruit drying technology in Karagwe, Bukoba, Mulebaand Ukerewe districts
Constructed over 200 solar dryers
•Created a market demand for solar dried fruits in Tanzania
FTC seeks to be leading producer and marketer of quality dried fruits in Tanzania
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…..Solutions to difficult problems.. Appropriate technologies …capacity building?
Karagwe on Tanzania Map
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FTC is operational in Karagwe- NW Tanzania
FTC is a local registered firm (Regd No. 35530 )
- Owned by 3 shareholders
- Employs 11 permanent staff and over 24 Casual staff
- Works with over 200 small producer farmers
Developments of the Project
-Started in 1996 to address the problems of post harvest losses due to limited markets coupled with poor infrastructures and limited shelf life of fruits/vegetables
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- In 1999, the need for marketing was expressed. So FTC was born and dedicated to the development of market demand in Tanzania for solar dried fruits/ vegetables.
Support to the project (1995-2007):
- 1995 Karagwe District Council (study Grant)
- 1997 GTZ/GATE Small Scale Fund (Grant)
- 2001 Commonweath Secretariat (grant)
-2002 HIVOS (Grant)
-2006 E+Co (Loan)
Challenges……Dried fruits/ vegetables is a new and Non-traditional product in Tanzania.
......Limited financial support from Government and FUNDERS bothproduct and Technology development. e.g. improving on packaging and establishing right infrastructure needed for fruit processing.
…… Product promotion in country is difficult and expensive. Travel and media coverage and Participation in trade fairs is very expensive.
….Regulatory frameworks demand food certification (Tanzania Bureau of Standards – TBS or ORGANIC CERTIFICATION for export market.
…..Difficulty in accessing loans for agricultural projects + High interest rates and short repayment periods
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Benefits to households with both women and men participating
FADECO encourages and stimulates micro enterprises and value added processing…..and promotes enterprenuership…
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FADECO … promotes simple food processing and agro-based technologies and micro enterprises…….
Food preservation/storage and valueadded processing techniques
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Renewable energy technologies
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Solar cooking….. fuel efficient saving stoves, Wind energy….. Bio- Fuels (use of vegetable oil)...
Training and demonstration
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“it is possible to make things better…..”
Focus on women participation
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.. through training, group formation, capacity Building and women rights education
Policy discussions
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New processing premises built with LoanMoney from E+CO
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New food processing house at Nyakasimbi
How to contact us
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The Manager- FTC LtdPlot 281/283 Kagera StreetKayanga Town,P. O. Box 223Karagwe- Kagera RegionTanzania
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Tel/ Fax: +255 28 2223024 (office)Mobile: +255 754 605682- Sekiku JosephMobile: +255 784 558581 – Elieth Sekiku