The Agribusiness Innovation Center of Tanzania : Scaling Value-Adding, Post-Harvest Processing Agribusinesses

Brethenoux, Julia ; Charles, Kathleen ; Giddings, Steven ; Okello, Julius ; Olafsen, Ellen ; Temu, Andrew

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO MARKETS;    ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY;    ACCOUNTING;    AGRIBUSINESS;    AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES;   

RP-ID  :  84001

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Tanzania has tremendous potential tosupport a thriving agribusiness sector. Agriculture isdiverse and extensive, employing more than 80 percent of thepopulation, and contributing about 28 percent of GrossDomestic Product, or GDP and 30 percent of export earnings.A wide range of agricultural commodities are produced inTanzania, including fiber (sisal, cotton), beverages(coffee, tea), sugar, grains (a diverse range of cereals andlegumes), horticulture (temperate and tropical fruits,vegetables and flowers) and edible oils. This documentproposes a new model for promoting the growth of competitivevalue-added sunflower oil processing in Tanzania, and alsoseeks to identify potential growth enterprises in othervalue chains. The Agribusiness Innovation Center (AIC) willprovide a set of financial and non-financial services tohigh-growth potential entrepreneurs, aiming to acceleratethe growth of their enterprises and demonstrating product,process, and business model innovation across focal sectors.The AIC will complement existing efforts focused onfarm-level improvements and foreign investment facilitation.