Dar USAID Missions' priorities
USAID presentation
Susanne Poland
Tanzania Tom Hobgood (USAID Tanzania)
80% of USAID efforts focused on the corridor 3 VCs: rice, maize, horticulture morogoro (main focus), dodoma, manyara
Explicitly aiming to include women; climate change ... we need to be sure to link up well with MinOfAg and SUA
East African region level
focus: increase access, availability and utilization of african-grown staple crops
trade flows
Malawi improved nutrirtional behaviours (via dairy and legumes) high potential value chains to develop markets policy engagement south-central (7 districts)
Zambia legumes and oilseeds; maize, horticulture value chains
Southern Africa region level increased ag trade of key commodities increased agricultural productivity
critical that this project is part of what the missions are trying to accomplish
