Situational Analysis Report for Biofortification and Biofortified Crops in Tanzania
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Situational Analysis Report for Biofortification and Biofortified Crops in Tanzania AUGUSTAUGUGU S T 20172 0 1 7 Situational analysis report for biofortification and biofortified crops in Tanzania August 2017 Situational analysis report for biofortification and biofortified crops in Tanzania © International Potato Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2017 ISBN: 978-92-9060-485-3 DOI: 10.4160/9789290604853 CIP publications contribute important development information to the public arena. Readers are encouraged to quote or reproduce material from them in their own publications. As copyright holder CIP requests acknowledgement and a copy of the publication where the citation or material appears. Please send this to the Communications and Knowledge Resources Center at the address below. International Potato Center P.O. Box 1558, Lima 12, Peru [email protected] • www.cipotato.org Produced by CIP-Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Office (SSA), Nairobi Correct citation: Mulongo, G.; Munyua, H.; Maru, J.; Mnzava, M.; Kasuga, R.; Olapeju, P. 2017. Situational analysis report for biofortification and biofortified crops in Tanzania. Nairobi (Kenya). International Potato Center (CIP). ISBN 978-92-9060-485-3. 80 p. Production Coordinator Joyce Maru Copyediting and Layout Kellen Kebaara Cover Design Communications and Knowledge Resources Center Contents Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... iv Abbreviations and acronyms ....................................................................................................................... ii Executive summary .......................................................................................................................................v Methodology ..........................................................................................................................................v Key findings ............................................................................................................................................v Key recommendations......................................................................................................................... viii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Objectives of the situation analysis ............................................................................................. 3 2. Literature review ................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Agriculture in Tanzania ................................................................................................................ 4 2.3 Scaling up nutrition in Tanzania .................................................................................................. 8 2.4 Adoption of certified seed and seed systems.............................................................................. 9 3. Study approach and methodology ........................................................................................................ 9 3.1 Study approach ............................................................................................................................ 9 3.2 Description of the study areas ..................................................................................................... 9 3.3 Techniques ................................................................................................................................. 10 3.4 Sampling techniques .................................................................................................................. 10 3.5 Data collection tools .................................................................................................................. 10 3.6. Data processing and presentation ............................................................................................. 11 3.7 Limitations of the study ............................................................................................................. 11 4. Key findings ......................................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 OFSP ........................................................................................................................................... 11 4.2 PVA maize .................................................................................................................................. 20 4.3 High iron and zinc beans ............................................................................................................ 24 4.4 Policy and investment environments for nutrition ................................................................... 27 4.5 Institutional capacity to scale up biofortification ...................................................................... 30 5. Conclusions and general recommendations on scaling up biofortification in Tanzania ..................... 34 References ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................. 41 Appendix 1: Respondents in the key informant interviews ................................................................ 41 Appendix 2: Policy and strategic documents reviewed ...................................................................... 42 Appendix 3: Project documents reviewed .......................................................................................... 42 Appendix 4: Stakeholder groups consulted in key informant interviews ........................................... 43 Appendix 5: FGD participants .............................................................................................................. 43 Appendix 6: Trends in annual sweetpotato production and productivity in Tanzania ....................... 49 Appendix 7: Production status of OFSP in Tanzania according to farmers’ FGDs ............................... 50 Appendix 8: Volumes and forms of OFSP consumed by households producing it ............................. 50 Appendix 9: Study areas ...................................................................................................................... 51 Appendix 10: Community bottlenecks to access to biofortified crops and products and priority interventions ................................................................................................................. 52 Appendix 11: Volume and forms of OFSP marketed by households producing OFSP, according to farmers’ FGDs ....................................................................................................... 53 Appendix 12: Biofortification content in the national policies and strategies .................................... 54 Appendix 13: National and international platforms working in Tanzania .......................................... 57 Appendix 14: Institutional challenges in releasing new varieties of biofortified crops in Tanzania ... 60 Appendix 15: SUA capacity assessment for biofortification ............................................................... 61 Appendix 16: Middle level MATIs ........................................................................................................ 62 Appendix 17: Checklist for consultations and FGDs for key stakeholders .......................................... 63 i Abbreviations and acronyms ADFNS Africa Day of Food and Nutrition Security AFCO AfriCompassion Organization AGRA African Green Revolution Alliance ANSAF Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum ARI agricultural research institute ASA Agricultural Seed Agency ASDP Agriculture Sector Development Program ASDS Agricultural Sector Development Strategy BNFB Building Nutritious Food Basket Project CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIP International Potato Center DFID Department for International Development DHS demographic health surveillance DUS distinctness, uniformity and stability EAC East African Community ESAFF Eastern and Southern Africa Farmers’ Forum ESDP Education Sector Development Plan FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation FARA Forum of Agricultural Research in Africa FGDs focus group discussions FONATA Food and Nutrition Association of Tanzania HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome HKI Helen Keller International HPLC high performance liquid chromatography IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IITA International Institute for Tropical Agriculture INSET National In-service Teacher Training MATI ministry of agriculture training institute MARI ministry of agriculture research institute NBS National Bureau of Statistics NGOs nongovernmental organizations NNS National Nutrition Strategy NPT National Performance Trial NVRC National Variety Release Committee NFFA National Food Fortification Alliance NMNAP National Multi-sectoral Nutrition