Agricultural Development in East Africa: UGA

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Agricultural Development in East AfricaUGA
Tanzanian Collaboration in Agricultural and
Natural Resource Management

Dr. Edward T. Kanemasu Assistant Dean and
Director Office of Global Programs University of
Georgia, Athens, USA

• Dr. Jack E. Houston
• Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and
• Applied Economics
• University of Georgia, Athens, USA

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Tanzania in Statistics

• Population
• 38.6 million
• 1.83 growth
• GDP
• 23.7 billion
• 700 per capita
• GDP by sector
• Agriculture 43.2
• Industry 17.2
• Services 39.6

CIA 2005 est.
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Agriculture in Tanzania

• Employs 84 of workforce (43 of GDP)
• Majority of producers work an average of only 1
  ha.
• 40 of food consumption from home production
  (subsistence agriculture)
• Seen as the economic engine and key to poverty
  reduction for the country

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Constraints to Agricultural Development

• Access to markets for products and inputs
• Impacts of diseases and insects
• Rainfall variability
• Low levels of cultivated land area
• Management issues

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Tanzanian Agricultural Exports

• 80 of export cropping conducted by smallholders
  growing both export and food crops
• Export crops account for only 9 of agricultural
  output
• Export crops (coffee, cotton, cashew nuts and
  tea) have performed well

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Project Goals and Objectives

• Improve socioeconomic and biophysical scientific
  foundations that support a balanced management of
  agricultural and environmental services
• Develop and disseminate appropriate technologies,
  decision-support methods, local institutions, and
  policy frameworks for the conservation of natural
  resources in agro-ecological zones
• Stimulate strengthened local capacity for
  research and management in ways that link NRM
  with productivity concerns, and to join human,
  technical, political, economic and institutional
  dimensions of NRM in a holistic and adaptive
  manner

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Implementation Plan

• Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)
  and the University of Georgia (UGA) have agreed
  to an exchange of delegations
• MAFS will send three delegates to UGA in
  January/February, 2006
• UGA interdisciplinary team would then conduct a
  fact-finding mission in Tanzania in March, 2006
• Plan for rural appraisal workshops for
  prioritizing management strategies in selected
  watersheds with community-based activities

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Current Projected UGA Projects in East Africa

• Uganda
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Peanut CRSP
• SANREM CRSP
• Tanzania

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Engineering Programs in Uganda

• Funding by USDA (80,984) and Engineering
  Information Foundation (76,225)
• Collaborators
• University of Georgia, USA
• Makerere University, Uganda
• Goals
• Expand UGA Biological Agricultural
  Engineering undergraduate student
  international/global perspectives with an
  international Capstone Engineering Design course.
  
• Enhance Makerere University agricultural
  engineering student international/global
  perspectives by providing tools and training to
  access global information and communication via
  the Internet.

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UGANDA AND AGOA A FOCUS ON VALUE ADDED TEXTILE
EXPORTS

• Funded by U.S. State Dept. AGOA grant at 187,500
• Collaborators
• University of Georgia, USA
• Ugandan Investment Authority
• East Africa American Business Council, Atlanta,
  GA
• Goal Create trade opportunities between Ugandan
  and US firms that translate into economic growth
  and jobs.

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UGANDA AND AGOA A FOCUS ON VALUE ADDED TEXTILE
EXPORTS (Contd)

• Project Objectives
• Develop Ugandan participants understanding of
  the U.S. textile and apparel market
• Build sustainable and mutually beneficial
  relationships between Ugandan and U.S. textile
  and apparel traders
• Enhance capacity of Ugandan trade associations
  and the Uganda Investment Authority to
  participate in the global textile and apparel
  marketplace

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UGANDA FIELD STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL
INTERACTION ON THE UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF
CLIMATE INFORMATION BY AFRICAN FARMERS

• Funded by NSF at 255,237
• Collaborators
• University of Georgia, USA
• University of California Davis, USA
• Makerere University, Uganda
• Department of Meteorology, Uganda
• Goal Understand the role of group processes in
  shaping interpretation and use of scientific
  information i.e. climate predictions

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ETHIOPIA ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR THREATS OF LAKE
TANA AND STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATED WATER USE
MANAGEMENT

• Funded by the Amhara Microenterprise Development,
  Agricultural Research, Extension and Watershed
  Management (AMAREW) Project through Virginia Tech
  at 10,000
• Collaborators
• Bahir Dar Fish Other Aquatic Life Research
  Center
• University of Georgia
• Project Goals
• Identify and characterize activities in watershed
  threatening to Lake Tana
• Create awareness in community and policy makers
  of threats to Lake Tana
• Propose sustainable development and conservation
  strategies

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KENYA HYDRAULIC, WATER QUALITY AND SOCIAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE NZOIA BASIN, KENYA FISHERY

• Funded by Pond Dynamics CRSP at 150,000
• Collaborators
• Moi University, Kenya
• Kenyan Dept. of Fisheries, Nairobi
• University of Georgia, USA
• Michigan State University, USA
• Goal Empower citizens of Nzoia region with
  information to adequately protect the quality of
  the Nzoia River for agricultural, aquacultural
  and domestic use.

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KENYA HYDRAULIC, WATER QUALITY AND SOCIAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE NZOIA BASIN, KENYA FISHERY
(Contd)

• Project Activities
• Build capacity of Moi University to conduct
  watershed assessment
• Determine terrestrial and hydrologic baselines
  for the basin
• Determine ecological baseline for the basin
• Conduct stakeholder, socioeconomic involvement
  and gender dynamics assessment

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U.S. AFRICA TRADE FINDING MARKETS FOR
EAST-AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS (KENYA)

• Funded by U.S. State Dept. African Growth
  Opportunities Act (AGOA) at 159,500
• Collaborators
• University of Georgia, USA
• East Africa American Business Council, Atlanta,
  GA
• Export Promotion Council of the Kenyan Ministry
  of Trade and Industry
• Goal Assist small and medium sized Kenyan
  entrepreneurs and firms to access U.S. markets

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U.S. AFRICA TRADE FINDING MARKETS FOR
EAST-AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS (Contd)

• Project Goals
• Enhance Kenyan participants understanding of
  U.S. consumer characteristics, business
  practices, marketing and importing/exporting
  regulations
• Develop the capacity of the East African trade
  associations to assist their members in the
  export market
• Establish lasting trade relations between Georgia
  businesses and Kenyan entrepreneurs
• Enhance understanding of the U.S. delegations on
  partnership opportunities with Kenyan
  entrepreneurs and products

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Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program
(CRSP)

• Established in 1982 and funded by USAID. Managed
  by University of Georgia
• Goal Enhance research capability in developing
  countries and the U.S. and to focus this
  capability on the alleviation of major
  researchable constraints that limit sustainable
  peanut production and food delivery through an
  environmentally sound system
• Key areas of Interest
• Food Safety and Nutrition
• Production Efficiency
• Socio-Economic Forces
• Postharvest and Marketing Technology
• Training and Information Management

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Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource
Management CRSP

• Funded by USAID. Managed by UGA until 2005
  currently managed by Virginia Tech
• Mission Assist in the creation and successful
  application of decision support methods,
  information, institutional innovations and local
  capacity to support participatory sustainable
  agriculture and natural resource planning,
  management and policy analysis at local,
  municipal, provincial and national levels.

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African Teaching, Research, Outreach Center
(ATROC) in Tanzania

• Building on the strength of UGA African Studies
  Institute sponsored Study Abroad Programs in
  Africa
• To strengthen existing study-abroad educational
  programs in Africa.
• To provide research opportunities and
  collaboration in East Africa.
• To provide additional teaching opportunities and
  collaboration with African educational
  institutions (especially those in the IUCEA
  consortium)
• To provide public service and outreach
  opportunities to include cooperation with local
  and rural communities and service learning
  opportunities for UGA students.

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Need for and Benefits of ATROC

• At least twelve other U.S. universities and
  several European universities have study abroad
  programs in Tanzania
• Seek additional teaching, research, and service
  learning program collaboration partners that
  would fully exploit the proposed facilities
• Provide numerous educational opportunities for
  Tanzanians and others from Eastern, Central, and
  Southern Africa

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Field and Research Activities
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Service Learning Students Teaching at a Primary
School
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Service Learning and Community Outreach
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