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Phase: Ideas Missions: Storage and Processing

JIKOMBOE Food Processing for Small Scale farmers in Tanzania (JIFOST)

The goal of this program is to reduce the food waste among small-scale farmers to increase food availability and raise household income.

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EXPLAIN YOUR IDEA

Jikomboe is entrepreneurship idea with the purpose of fight poverty among Small Farmers of Tanzania. It will work by providing training on processing, small loans through technology of mobile phone. Jikomboe will tackle the problem of food wastage which contributing to bring poverty to small scale farmers; because farming is employ more than 80 % of Tanzanians, particularly the rural population. Despite the fact that agriculture employs huge number of people, 70% of Tanzania remains poorly because they don't produce adequately. The Jikomboe food processing technology unique of entrepreneurship provide training to small scale farmers on food processing This training will be in the classroom and practical, its will look at the result of the lack of capital, packaging material, modern methods of processing, lack of small food processing industries, as a way of contributing to continue contributing to the destruction of food and increased poverty among smallholder farmers in Tanzania. Now small scale farmers from Nzega are in the class learning how to processing foods to reduce food wastage; small scale farmers who trained in food processing are empowered with capital through mobile technology to enable them to continue in the field of food processing, Small scale farmers who trained in food processing now are working in processing their products. We will working in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Tanzania, SIDO, TFDA.

WHO BENEFITS?

Beneficiaries of this program are 100 small farmers both young mothers and men aged 15-25, living in rural areas of Tanzania. They will benefit by getting training in food processing, access to capital. Will benefit by getting training on processing of crops, this training will be provided for a period of one week, there will be experts from Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO), Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

WHERE WILL YOUR IDEA BE IMPLEMENTED?

Currently the idea is implemented at Tanzania rural & urban area, Where is production of fruits such as mango, banana and vegetables, such as carrots, onions, lemons, tomatoes green pepper & are wasted for lack of education, material for processing

ARE YOU IMPLEMENTING IN AN ELIGIBLE COUNTRY?

  • Yes

EXPERTISE IN SECTOR

  • I’ve worked in a sector related to my idea for over a year

EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION COUNTRY(IES)

  • Yes, for more than one year.

TELL US MORE ABOUT YOU!

I Japhet A Kalegeya, I have experience of managing projects for over 10 years,I'm a researcher in the area of agriculture, using HCD process. The organization offers educational entrepreneurship in collaboration with the department of agriculture

Jikomboe intend to fight poverty by reducing food losses among small farmers of Tanzania . By providing education of food processing,  it is helping transforming societies by increasing food security and securing farmer income.

The main intervention will include, providing education to small farmers on food processing, provide small loans through technology of mobile phone,M-pesa, Airtel money, Tigo-pesa, we will enable farmers to enter into practical activities of food processing, exhibition and find good markets.

The Jikomboe will ensure that sustainability to deal with a problem of food wastage, through the provision of education for the processing of food for small farmers, merchants of fruits and vegetables, also the project will look at the result of the lack of capital, packaging material, modern methods of processing, lack of small food processing industries, as a way of contributing to continue contributing to the destruction of food and increased poverty among smallholder farmers in Tanzania.

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EXPERIENCE MAP 1.ppt

Jikomboe will help to solve the design challenge by provide the training on food processing, provide credit through technology of mobile phone, and enable small scale farmers to continue into the field of food processing.

REDUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE.pptx

During our inspiration phase with the challenge of "HOW MIGHT WE REDUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE? I started to create a research plan and questions guide then I conducted field research to smallholders 3, merchants of crops 3, and food and Agriculture offer. I immerse myself in the context of crops market and seek inspiration in analogous.

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Access education, industry and investment in food processing
Access education, industry and investment in food processing

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Farmers will save agriculture if they survive
Farmers will save agriculture if they survive

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Congratulations for your creativity, and they are very good, it will help small farmers overcome poverty, increase economic productivity would raise production. Many products have been wastage for lack of knowledge of the processing of crops, for example, Tabora region produces mango,tomatoes, banana etc. but farmers do not benefit from these crops.

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Sorry I have a lot of professional responsibilities, I did not get a chance to enter the internet what the outcome of our challenge like? Who chosen to take this great opportunity, have you get any one who may working with in this great opportunity?

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Thank you Jannifer, I have not chosen to enter in the next step

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Photo of Dorine Poelhekke
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Payments through Mobile Money work! It's part of our idea as well!

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Thank you, where are you working with your idea of payment through Mobile Money in Tanzania? means region or district of Tanzania.

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hello Mr. Japhet, You have did great work, I have read carefully your idea and your attachments, it's attracts the reader, Your idea is the solution to the challenges of food wastage among small farmers, it is also helps to reduce poverty among small farmers. I think OpenIDEO and Amplify have been seen your idea and they took as a model in other areas. 


Let me know, when you plan to meet with your community members to get their feeling and feedback from them?
Please do not forget to take their notes, pictures as well as recording their conversation.



Thank you and congratulations

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Thank you for your advise, I plan to prototype my idea to community members at May 5/2016, I have already make communication with them.

After that I will meet with experts this will done within two or three weeks after the meeting of 5/5/2016,

Also I plan to visit Radio station and on the TV to explain my idea to be known by many people and get great feedback to my idea.

I will take the picture and videos.

Thank you

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