AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (AFDP)
ACTIVE- Partner / NGO
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Sector
- Multi-sector
- Budget Range
- Over $1,000,000
- Project Dates
- 2021-06-01 – 2027-06-30
Locations
Description
AFDP is a six-year Program 2021–2027 financed by the GoT, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and beneficiaries. IFAD financing USD 58.84 million Tanzania as a loan, among those fund Zanzibar has received a total of USD 8.84 million of the project cost that will support activities across the three components of the program. The overall goal of the Agriculture and Fisheries Development Program (AFDP 2021-2027) is to contribute to inclusive food systems for improved livelihoods, food security, nutrition and resilience. Its development objective is to “enhance sustainable productivity, climate resilience and commercialization of selected crop seeds, fisheries and aquaculture”, while devoting particular attention to women empowerment and youth participation. By adopting a food systems approach, AFDP looks beyond increasing productivity of crops and fisheries, and takes an integrated way to address multiple goals in different parts of the food system (inputs, production, post-harvest, marketing and consumption) and in geographically flexible ways (e.g. national, sub-national, regional, district and local). The Program intends to contribute to four core sustainable food system objectives: (i) Ensuring food security and provide healthy, balanced and nutritious diets that contribute to health for all; (ii) Providing decent livelihoods and jobs for all food system actors, notably smallholders, women and youth; (iii) Contributing to inclusive governance and reducing inequality between stakeholders and between territories; and (iv) Improving environmental integrity limiting effects on climate change. 1.1 The Target Group The overall target of the Program is 260,000 households corresponding to approximately 1,300,000 persons. For the MoBEF the total beneficiaries approximately 24,000 households. These include: o 3000 artisanal fishers along the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania and Zanzibar, who will be supported to use sustainable fishing practices and increase the value from artisanal production; (2700 in Zanzibar) o 4500 artisanal fish processors and traders who will be targeted by the investments in postharvest loss reduction and fish value chain development; (Dagaa racks- Processers,) (4500 in Zanzibar) o 6000 small holder aqua-farmers; (1200 in Zanzibar) o 15,000 smallholder seaweed producers and processors (80 percent women), o 1000 unemployed young women and men who will find employment opportunities in the seed and fish value chains. 1.2 Program Approach The AFDP is structured in three components: Component 1: Enhanced Agricultural Productivity of Crop Seeds, Fisheries and Aquaculture; Component 2: Improved Market Access, Value Addition and Private Sector Development. A third component focuses on Program Management and coordination.
Activities
Researches on Fish breeding and feeding develop for three species (Sea cucumber, Mud crabs and Milk fish)
2026-07-01 – 2026-09-30
Characterization, Artificial Breeding and Experimental Farming of High-Value Tropical Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra) in Zanzibar.
Conduct research on Feeding and Breeding of a Milkfish (Chanos chanos) for aquaculture development in Zanzibar including procurement of fingerlings
Conduct Assessment of Feed Ingredients and Establishment of Novel Feed for Mud Crab (Scylla Sp) Farming in Zanzibar
Purchase of Consumable and reagent for tissue culture lab
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Establish tissue culture nursery
2026-10-01 – 2026-12-31
Operational cost for tissue culture lab (Running costs)
Purchase equipment for tissue culture laboratory
Rehabilitation of tissue culture lab
Design and Construction of 2 milk fish pond
2026-07-01 – 2026-12-31
Engagement of Consultancy service for Design and drawing and supervision
Construction of 2 milk ponds
Institutional reforms in public institutions toward business development
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Support Seaweed Committee Meetings and work shop
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Support seaweed farmers with transport equipments
2026-10-01 – 2026-12-31
Support market linkages to increse production and income for seaweeed farmers and aqurafarmers (including private sectors and financial institution )
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Construction of juvenile receiving center and nurseries
2026-07-01 – 2026-09-30
Engagement of Consultancy service for Design and drawing and supervision
Construction of 1 Juvenile receiving center and nurseries at Pemba
Engagement of consultant of development of PPP Model for ZAFICO
2026-07-01 – 2026-12-31
Contract signing and payment for Consultancy cost
Tendering process (ToR approval, Bid Openning, Evaluation and Awarding)
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Purchase of fully equipped Marine Fishing Vessels
2026-07-01 – 2027-03-31
Engagement of supplier of full equiped Fishing vessel
Contract signing and payment for fully equipped Marine Fishing Vessels
Support Due Diligence and meetings for Fishing Vessel Construction
Equip and rehabilitate mariculture training facility for youth
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Construction and rehabilitation and equiping of infrastructure of 2 Mariculture training centers (Unguja - Mkokotoni and Pemba - Daya Mtambwe)
Engagement of Consultancy service for Design, drawing and supervision
Seaweed processing and marketing (Construct and equip seaweed processessing units Unguja and Pemba)
2026-10-01 – 2027-06-30
Construction of 2 seaweed units
Engagement of Consultancy service for Design and drawing and supervision
Contract signing and payment for Construction cost
Procurement of Ten tons freezer trucks
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Engagement of supplier for Procurement Ten tons freezer trucks
Rehabilitation of four (4) solar dries and (80) steel racks at Pemba Kiuyu Mbuyuni
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Contract signing and payment for Construction cost
Tendering process (ToR approval, Bid Openning, Evaluation and Awarding)
Construction and equipping of infrastructure of 2 Fisher Field School
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Construction and equiped Fishers Field School to facilitated aquaculture rearing systems (pond and tanks ) and workshop for gear and machinery maintenance
Engagement of Consultancy service for Design, drawing and supervision
Construction and equipping of Ice making plant
2026-07-01 – 2027-06-30
Engagement of supplier for Procurement and instalation of Ice making plants
Outreach and Monitoring activities in Zanzibar
2023-07-01 – —
Quarterly monitoring of activities by Fisheries authority in Zanzibar
Outreach workshops on seaweed value added products in Zanzibar for women and youth four times a year
Equip and rehabilitate mariculture training facility for youth
Development of outreach material for new technology of seaweed, Value addition and Meetings
Outreach workshops training on new technologies on seaweed faming in Zanzibar for women and youth four times a year
Construction of drying and processing facilities
2023-07-01 – —
Construction of intergrated fish processing and cold storage facilities including fish meal and fish plus animals feeds production plant
Experiments on breeding and feeding of mariculture species
2023-07-01 – —
Conduct research on Feeding and Breeding of a Milkfish (Chanos chanos) for aquaculture development in Zanzibar including procurement of fingerlings
Conduct Researches on Fish breeding and feeding develop for three species (Sea cucumber, Mud crabs and Milk fish)
Characterization, Artificial Breeding and Experimental Farming of High-Value Tropical Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra) in Zanzibar.
Conduct Assessment of Feed Ingredients and Establishment of Novel Feed for Mud Crab (Scylla Sp) Farming in Zanzibar
Follow up and procurement of milk fish fingerlings
Transportation system (Ten tons freezer trucks )
2023-07-01 – —
Engagement of supplier for Procurement Ten tons freezer trucks
Promoting new seaweed production technowlogy distribution of seaweed inputs to farmers and subsidised rate
2023-07-01 – —
Rehabilitation and equip tissue culture lab
Operationalise of tissue culture lab
Establish tissue culture nursery
Engagement of consultancy for Designing, Drawing, Identification of infrastructure specification and supervision
Facilitate equipment and materials for tissue culture lab
Establishment 2 Fishers Field School to facilitated aquaculture raring systems (pond and tanks ) and workshop for gear and machinery maintenance
2023-07-01 – —
Refurbishment/extension of Fisher field school
Construction and equiped Fishers Field School to facilitated aquaculture raring systems (pond and tanks ) and workshop for gear and machinery maintenance
Capacity building on developing seaweed tissue culture seedling production and empower community to establish nursery farms
2024-01-01 – —
Community Training on developing seaweed tissue culture seedling production Unguja and Pemba
Capacity building for community based trainers (CBT/ToT)on seaweed tissue culture seedling production for - Unguja and Pemba
To empower community to establish nursery farms for tissue culture seedling
Development of PPP model for fishing vessel operations
2023-10-01 – —
Engagement of consultant for development of PPP Model
Construction of Ice making plants (Instalation)
2023-07-01 – —
Engagement of supplier for Procurement and instalation of Ice making plants
Development of aquaparks approach (Aquaculture cluster growth model)
2023-10-01 – —
Conduct consultation field meeting
Deveolpment of RoadMap/concept note
Support smallhoder aquarfamers Cluster, Committees and Associations to access soft loarns fron financial institution and acquaring aquaculture inputs (Revolving fund)
Community Training for pilot farms of aquaparks approach
Develop draft of aquapark approach model
Purchase of full equipped Marine Fishing Vessels
2023-07-01 – —
Engagement of supplier of full equiped Fishing vessel
Support to farmers' development of pilot farms of seaweed in deep waters
2023-07-01 – —
Procurement of equipment for seaweed pilot farms
Conduct workshops and meetings for Seaweed Clusters, Associations and Committees
2023-07-01 – —
Procurement of Seaweed 5 milling machines to process 5 tons/day
2023-07-01 – —
Engagement of supplier for Procurement and instalation of sea weed milling machines
Contract signing and payment for instalation and commissioning of milling mashine
Seaweed processing and marketing (Construct and equip seaweed processessing units Unguja and Pemba)
2023-07-01 – —
Construct and equip seaweed processessing units Unguja and Pemba
Construction and equip seaweed processing and marketing units
4 Solar drier/ Green house for seaweeds and Anchovy (Instalation)
2023-07-01 – —
Procurement of Sola drier / green house for seaweeds and anchovies
Awereness Programe and Exhibition
2023-07-01 – —
Support awareness and compaign of programme activities
Exhibition
Programme documentary
2023-10-01 – —
Support programme documentary in radio, TV and other social media
Operational activities
2023-07-01 – —
Running costs for PIT Zanzibar
Monitoring and evaluation and Auditing
2023-07-01 – —
Support quaterly planning meetings, follow up and back stoping to implimenting partners on the implimentation of AFDP
Monitoring and Supervion activities
Management Committees (PSC and PTC)
2023-07-01 – —
Meeting expenses PSC and PTC
Technical Advisory Commetees ITAC