Tanzania Agricultural Mechanization Strategy II (TAMS II 2025/2026 – 2035/2036).

The Tanzania Agricultural Mechanization Strategy II (TAMS II) is a sectoral framework, in review of the existing strategy (TAMS I – 2006 – 2016), which serves as a roadmap for accelerating the transformation of agriculture through mechanization. It aims to enhance mechanization’s role in achieving long-term agricultural development, while acknowledging that mechanization must be part of a broader strategy that includes institutional improvements, technology adoption, infrastructure development, and smallholder commercialization. The framework outlines strategic interventions aimed at improving access and availability of agricultural machinery and technologies; improving manufacturing, commercialization, maintenance of machinery and increasing financing in the Agricultural Mechanization; promoting Climate Smart Agriculture technologies and practices; improving research and development, training and extension; and policy and legal frameworks dealing with Agricultural Mechanization. TAMS II will be implemented over a ten-year period, focusing on crops and livestock machinery, implements and equipment. The strategy covers the whole value chain from land clearing to crop processing and marketing.
To attain the mission of creating an enabling environment for scaling up appropriate Agricultural Mechanization to increase production, productivity, efficiency, and climate resilience thus to enhance food security, promote commercialization, and contribute to economic development and GDP growth, the following 5 strategic areas are set (1) Availability and Accessibility of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies. This strategic area focuses on improving the availability and accessibility of agricultural machinery, technologies, and related services. It seeks to stimulate demand for agricultural machinery through promotional initiatives, enhance collaboration between public and private sectors in delivering mechanization services, and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders across the agricultural mechanization value chain; (2) Manufacturing, Commercialization, and Financing. This strategic area aims to improve the manufacturing, commercialization, maintenance, and financing of agricultural machinery. The focus is on promoting local manufacturing through innovation, technology transfer, and commercialization, strengthening maintenance services and after-sales support for agro-machinery dealers and local mechanics across the seven agroecological zones, and increasing financing and investment in agricultural mechanization; (3) Climate Smart Agriculture. This strategic area is intended to promote Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices. It emphasizes increasing the adoption of CSA technologies that support sustainable livelihoods for rural populations, strengthening the capacity of CSA extension and advisory workers, and creating an enabling environment for scaling up the adoption of CSA technologies and practices; (4) Research and Development (R&D), Training, and Extension. This strategic area focuses on strengthening Research and Development (R&D), training, and extension services in agricultural mechanization. It aims to enhance R&D activities in agricultural mechanization, improve training programs in the sector, and strengthen agricultural mechanization extension services to ensure effective dissemination of knowledge and technologies; (5) Policy and Legal Framework. This strategic area seeks to improve the policy and legal frameworks supporting agricultural mechanization. It focuses on harmonizing policies, acts, regulations, and plans to attract investment in agricultural mechanization, strengthening legal compliance among stakeholders, and supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes within the agricultural mechanization sector.
TAMS II will be implemented within the existing government framework under the Agriculture Master Plan and ASDP II. Its implementation will involve multiple stakeholders, including key government ministries and agencies, local government authorities, and private sector actors, financial institutions, research and training bodies, professional associations, and farmers’ organizations. Overall coordination will be led by the Ministry responsible for Agriculture through its Agricultural Mechanization Division, which will handle planning, budgeting, and monitoring and evaluation. The National Agricultural Mechanization Steering Committee (NAMSC) will act as the highest decision-making body. It will provide policy direction, oversee integration of mechanization into national plans, guide resource mobilization, and supervise monitoring and evaluation to ensure positive economic and livelihood impacts. The National Agricultural Mechanization Technical Committee (NAMTC) will serve as the technical advisory body to NAMSC will support policy and legislative development, prepare annual implementation plans, coordinate implementation of programmes and projects, and report progress to the Steering Committee.