Public Private Dialogue :
“Implications of tariff and non-tariff barriers on the livelihood of
small-scale farmers”.
The first Markets-PAN Private Public Dialogue (PPD) to discuss
‘Implications of tariff and non-tariff barriers on the livelihood of
small-scale farmers’ will be held in Morogoro from Thursday 30th to
Friday 31st August, 2012.
A number of representations from all over the country in different
sectors of stakeholders will attend the dialogue. This will ensure
the support necessary to really make the anticipated change.
Government officials, small-scale farmers, representatives of Civil
Society, academicians and researchers, as well as regional and local
institutions will be attending the PPD.
The main agenda of this dialogue is to present a Policy Brief on trade
barriers, and to raise support for this brief in different
environments, local as well as national. Apart from that, the PPD
will also emphasise, once more, the importance of the elimination of
trade bans, a well functioning NFRA that gets the government support
it requires, streamlining local policies and their implementation,
through first hand personal experiences of a farmer, a trader and a
professional in food security matters.
Program of the PPD “Implications of tariff and non-tariff barriers on
the livelihood of small-scale farmers.”:
Wednesday 29 August 2012
16.00pm – ongoing Arriving
Welcoming
Early registration
18.00pm – 21.00pm Cocktail dinner
Welcome by the Tanzania Markets-PAN Coordinator
Thursday 30 August 2012
To form a common ground of understanding
8.00am Registration
8.30am Opening Remarks by AGRA President.
8.45am Official opening by the Guest of Honour, Ministry of Industries and Trade
9.30am Presentation of Tanzania Markets-PAN Policy brief on trade barriers.
10.00am Health break + photo
10.30am Personal experiences of actors on trade barriers
12.00pm Moving from problem statement to action oriented solutions and
interventions taking into consideration political, regulatory and
institutional environment.
13.00pm Lunch
14.00pm Presentations of group output: Recommendations to policy brief.
15.00pm The Policy Brief, individual perceptions but a common
understanding. The voices of farmers, traders, cso’s, donors,
research institutions and regulators.
16.00pm Health break & continuation
17.00pm Closing for today
Friday 31 August 2012
All actors involved
8.00am Fresh up of the day
Presentations of group outputs: Thematic policy briefs
10.30am Health break
11.00am A way forward, action plan for all stakeholders involved.
Setting the stage for a holistic approach towards advocating the
policy brief(s) on trade barriers.
13.00pm Summary
Word of thanks and observations from Agricultural Sector Lead Ministries.
Closing statement.
13.30pm Lunch
14.30pm Leave at own discretion
Among other things, the PPD, this time, aims at unifying all actors in
the field of agriculture to serve a common goal and reaching a common
understanding through taking up a shared responsibility.
The Markets-PAN (Tanzanian Markets & Trade Policy Action Node), which
is a node, or group, of 9 Tanzanian institutions, unifying their
efforts to facilitate market access to small holder farmers, is
hosting this two-day dialogue.
RLDC (Rural Livelihood Development Company), based in Dodoma, is
chairing this AGRA-funded initiative and implements all PAN-activities
together with BRiTEN (Building Rural incomes Through Enterprise),
MRA-Management Associates, ESRF (Economic and Social Research
Foundation), MVIWATA (Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania,
Tanzanian Network of Farmer groups), REPOA, (SUA) Sokoine University
of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
and in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and
Cooperatives and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
“The Markets-PAN believes that it is not only up to these 9 national
institutions to take a stand, to move the agenda forward. Every
actor, every stakeholder has a role to play and together, unified
Tanzanians will be able to make the advocated changes.”, said Godfrey
Bwana , Markets-PAN Coordinator.
Contact person:
Godfrey G Bwana
Monitoring and Capitalization Manager
Rural Livelihood Development Programme
P.O.Box 2978, Dodoma
Tel. +255 26 232 1455
website:www.rldc.co.tz Media: