The IIAP project’s research on SME inclusion in the dairy processing industry in Tanzania started in June 2019 with a stakeholder workshop in Dar. This was followed by interviews with key informants and a survey of SME dairy processors. Key informant interviews included officials from the public sector (Ministries, Departments and Agencies-MDAs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), […]
Since the start of the project in 2019 we have carried out over 100 interviews with Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and stakeholders in the dairy, maize and citrus value chains. We have travelled across eight regions in Tanzania – including Dodoma, Iringa, Morogoro, Pwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mwanza and Simiyu. The fieldwork has enabled […]
Over the last half a year the IIAP project has been immersed in data collection, travelling around South Africa to interview small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in agroprocessing and other industry stakeholders about the challenges of upgrading and value chain participation. The team have conducted around 100 interviews, travelling to the Free State, Gauteng, […]
Between the 18th to the 20th June, 2019, at the Economic and Social Research Foundation’s offices in Dar es Salaam, a diverse range of stakeholders including farmers, processors, regulators, policy makers and experts from across the Tanzanian dairy, maize and citrus industries came together as the IIAP project made its debut in Tanzania. The workshops […]
For three days from the 10th to the 12th of July 2019, stakeholders from across the maize, dairy and citrus industry in South Africa were brought together at the CCRED offices in Johannesburg as the Innovation and Inclusive Industrialization in Agro-Processing project (IIAP) launched in South Africa with a series of stakeholder workshops. The workshops […]