The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania
The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example...
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doaj-5222fdc0a56d4ea9998b9389a442c5ae2020-11-25T01:14:58ZengCentMaInternational Journal on Food System Dynamics1869-69452016-04-0172819110.18461/ijfsd.v7i2.723441The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in TanzaniaJean-Joseph Cadilhon0Ngoc Diep Pham1Brigitte L. Maass2International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, KenyaUniversity of Bonn, Germany and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Nairobi, KenyaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Nairobi, KenyaThe Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example of a commodity association addressing the joint problems of the region’s dairy industry. The platform has achieved a common understanding among chain actors on dairy price structure; it has successfully lobbied policy makers to reduce value-added tax on dairy inputs and products, and to remove limitations on urban dairy farming in Tanga city.http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/522Dairy value chainInnovation platformCommodity associationTanzania |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform: Fostering Innovations for more Efficient Dairy Chain Coordination in Tanzania |
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tanga dairy platform: fostering innovations for more efficient dairy chain coordination in tanzania |
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International Journal on Food System Dynamics |
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The Tanga Dairy Platform, created in 2008, is an informal forum of different stakeholders involved in the dairy industry of Tanzania’s Northeastern Tanga region. The platform’s objective is to exchange knowledge and develop joint actions to common problems. Six years on, it is a sustainable example of a commodity association addressing the joint problems of the region’s dairy industry. The platform has achieved a common understanding among chain actors on dairy price structure; it has successfully lobbied policy makers to reduce value-added tax on dairy inputs and products, and to remove limitations on urban dairy farming in Tanga city. |
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Dairy value chain Innovation platform Commodity association Tanzania |
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