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What
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Currently, Faida Market Link ( Faida
MaLi ) is one of the few
organizations in Tanzania that is involved in
linking farmers to markets. The approach herein
referred to as the Faida 10-steps Market Linkage Approach among
other things involves linking farmers to
markets. This is done through contract farming
and building the capacity of these farmers and
their organizations (farmer-producer groups)
through technical, business, and organisational
skills development. This is aimed at making the
farmers understand farming as a business,
maintain contractual relationship, and to access
and retain new market outlets.
Additionally,
we link and network with relevant institutions
and other service support providers in order
to ensure excellent service delivery to the
small-scale farmers and their partner organizations.
Empowerment of farmers
includes strengthening farmers’ management capacity, business awareness as well
as improving decision-making and negotiating power through formation and establishment
of strong farmer-producer groups.
We continuously
identify new Market Linkages through conducting
market chain analysis for products with high potential for income
generation to farmers such as linkage to fair-trade and organic markets.
Faida
MaLi collaborates with other stakeholders
on district, regional, and national in order
to outreach to many small scale farmers.
We
work towards involvement in contract farming
and to increase awareness on
HIV / AIDS among the farmer producer
groups in market linkage.
