Tanzania competition rewards dairy sector improvements
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Ng’wasi Damas Kamani, Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, announced the AgResults Tanzania Climate-Smart Dairy Prize Competition in Dodoma.
The two-year, US$2.8 million competition will run from 2026 to 2028, focusing on dairy farmers in the Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe, and Morogoro regions. AgResults will use a Pay-for-Results model, giving prize money to businesses only after they prove they’ve delivered eligible services to farmers and an independent body verifies the results.
Private companies providing services like vaccination, parasite control, and artificial insemination will receive payments of US$3, US$4, and US$15 per cow, respectively. Fodder businesses will earn US$25 for each verified 450-kilogram package of fodder they sell. To participate, businesses must work with at least 200 dairy farmers and can compete for additional US$125,000 prizes. Markus Mueller of the AgResults Secretariat explained the competition builds on prior successes using incentives to improve agriculture.
Heifer International Tanzania will manage the project, while PricewaterhouseCoopers will independently verify the reported results. Organizers expect the competition to reach 28,200 farmers and increase fodder production by 7,500 metric tons, aligning with Tanzania’s broader development goals for the livestock sector and a US$231 million Climate-Smart Dairy Transformation Project.
