Post-harvest Management Strategy Implementation Plan 2019–2024.

This Post-harvest Management Strategy Implementation Plan (SIP) is a 5-year nationwide sectoral document aiming at providing a tool to guide implementing actors to consistently move from the Plan to reality developing an effective and efficient Post-Harvest Management road map that will allow the Government and the key stakeholders to have implementation framework, which is practically workable, result oriented and measurable both in medium and long term time lines. Main purposes of the SIP are (i) align PHM Strategy with other relevant policies and strategies; (ii) develop strategic linkages between the vision and mission of NPHMS along with its Strategic Objectives; (iii) formulate the first 5-year SIP as a means to speed up the realization of NPHM Strategic Objectives; (iv) ensure preparation of comprehensive, complementary and well-articulated sequential implementation framework; and (v) formulate a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework that check consistency, coherence, outcome and impact. The document takes over the nine Strategic Objectives identified by the Post-harvest Management Strategy and indicates the activities necessary for effective implementation.
To help eliminate food insecurity, the SIP promotes the implementation of communication strategies to raise awareness on how to reduce crop losses by disseminating them through radio, TV, publications, internet, and social media. It also suggests to prepare, review and harmonize training manuals for PHM.
In order to make agriculture more productive and sustainable, the implementation strategy provided is (i) to conduct a comprehensive survey to establish causes, magnitude and spread of mycotoxins, pesticide and other chemicals residuals contamination; and (ii) disseminate information on available and proven technologies (hermetic bags, cold chain facilities, silos, cocoons).
To reduce rural poverty it is necessary to construct and rehabilitate rural roads and electrification to ensure access to the market points and centers.
To enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, the Sip suggests (i) to conduct training on PHM to all actors along the value chain; (ii) support and facilitate the usage of proven technologies through price subsidization; (iii) identify strategic areas with high production for market linkages; (iv) harmonize the existing market information system to provide efficient needed marketing information; (v) facilitate agricultural marketing section at the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct researches on market intelligence for crops grown in the country and link with local and international markets; (vi) establish and strengthen farmers organizations; (vii) establish a database management system on PHM; (viii) enhance coordination at all levels to improve the involvement of key actors in various PHM issues; and (ix) introduce innovative financial mechanisms to support investments, promotion, distribution and utilization of PHTs.
Resilience of livelihoods to disasters will be increased through (i) awareness raising for farmers and other stakeholders on uses and sources of early warning information on Climate Change that affects PHM; (ii) promotion to the public/farmers on growing crop varieties which are less susceptible to climate change effects through media and handout; (iii) institutionalization and strengthening of linkage between agro-meteorological information and products from Tanzania; and (iv) adoption of best practices and low-cost drying and cooling, including low-carbon technologies.