Kilimo Biashara Training Progamme

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1 Kilimo Biashara Training Progamme Kilimo Trust, Mbeya city Souern Highlands Zone, Tanzania 21st - 25 November, 2016 Building Sustainable Agribusiness Linkages for Regional Trade in Food Staples Kilimo Trust Head Quarters Plot 42 Princess Anne Drive; Bugolobi, P.O.Box 71782, Kampala (U), Tel: /1/2, , dhakizimana@kilimotrust.org, Kilimo Trust Tanzania regional solutions to local problems Plot 455, Avocado Street, Kawe, P.O.Box , Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Tel: ,

2 Who is Kilimo Trust? Kilimo Trust is an independent regional agricultural development organization - working on agriculture for development across e EAC Region. It is registered in e Republic of Uganda and has a fully fledged subsidiary in Tanzania (Kilimo Trust Tanzania); and is processing e registration of Kilimo Trust Kenya and Kilimo Trust Rwanda. It implements projects aimed at enhancing integration in e EAC wi respect to food security. The core business of Kilimo Trust is to support e transformation of food and nutrition security in e EAC region away from high risk subsistence farming into lower risk trade-based systems wi a vision at, wiin 15 years (starting 2012): There is specialization in production of staples in e EAC to enable producers of e key food commodities to: Effectively utilize comparative advantages; and Farm as business and become competitive in e regional market. There is highly structured regional trade in food commodities and products, driven by private sector business linkages for each commodity. A high proportion of e food commodities produced in e EAC, is being transformed to differentiated value-added products preferred by e final consumer. To contribute to e above, Kilimo Trust focuses on enabling micro, small and medium scale enterprises of farmers, traders, agro-processors and ose supplying em wi inputs and services, to increase eir incomes rough optimum quantity and high quality of marketed products and services. The Kilimo Biashara Training Program is one of e enabling tools being used to deliver is. Therefore, Kilimo Trust has designed, tested and launched, ree courses aimed at building a critical mass of capacity for effective execution of regional trade in food among individuals as well as MSMEs. These courses are: a) Building Sustainable Agribusiness Linkages for Regional Trade in Food Staples - described in detail in e next sections; and b) Tapping into Regional Markets of Food Staples - designed to equip agri entrepreneurs wi information and tools on regional opportunities of food staples and how to take advantage of em. c) Also Kilimo Trust has adopted to local conditions e GIZ s Farmers Business School (FBS) - designed to develop farmer s attitudes, skills and competencies in business. 1

3 Building Sustainable Agribusiness Linkages for Regional Trade in Food Staples Course Objective: To build e capacity of a critical number of agri value chain actors from Uganda at can build and sustain regional trade linkages in e East African Community. What is e course about? At Kilimo Trust we describe a business linkage as a structured/ formal relationship between various value chain actors (e.g. buyers and suppliers of produce, suppliers and input providers, financial service providers and actors in e value chain) in order to increase eir efficiency, quality and profitability. This course provides participants wi information and knowledge on what is required to build, and sustain, ese multiple relationships. Farmers groups, FBOs, Commercial farmers Processor or aggregator End Market Input suppliers and business development service providers Business development services provided by government and oer none state actors Figure 1: An Agribusiness Linkage 2

4 Building Sustainable Agribusiness Linkages of Food Staples in e EAC st Date: 21 to 25 November, 2016 Mbeya Tanzania Date Time Activity 20 November, a.m p.m. Participant arrival in Mbeya Tanzania st 21 November, 2016 nd 22 November, 2016 Welcome remarks Setting ground rules Self introductions Workshop expectations Introduction to e course Group photo Concepts of agribusiness linkages Business plan to trade Exercise on developing a business plan to trade Exercise on developing a business plan to trade Group presentations Building Business Linkages Conducting due Diligence Credible Sources of Information Exercise/ Role play rd 23 November, November, November, a.m a.m a.m p.m a.m p.m p.m p.m. Negotiating Win-win agreements Group exercise and presentations How to sustain agribusiness linkages Exercise/ role play Assemble for field visit Field visit Recap of important lessons Take home goodies What we are going to do differently Follow up plan Closing remarks Awarding of Certificates Lunch / End of Course 3

5 Who should attend is course? Value chain actors involved in regional trade: a) Exporters/ importers of food commodities b) National aggregators/ traders of food commodities c) Food processors d) Commercial farmers e) Officials from Ministries of Agriculture, Trade and Cooperatives f) Business Development Services providers g) Staff of development agencies/ NGOs h) Mentees and mentors at entrepreneurship centers i) Warehouse operators j) Agribusiness staff of financial institution Where will e course take place? st The course will take place in Mbeya City, Souern Highlands Zone, Tanzania from 21 to 25 November, Course Fees? Course Fees Early registration and payment by 15 October, 2016 US$ 900 Registration and payment from 16 October, 2016 US$ 1,000 The registration form is available online on If you require additional information Contact e KBTP Coordinator: Dr. Birungi Korutaro bkorutaro@kilimotrust.org Tel: /1/2,