{"id":1326,"date":"2020-07-10T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acai-project.org\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2020-07-10T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:30:30","slug":"akilimo-incorporated-in-cassava-farmer-financing-program-by-top-agricultural-banks-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/10\/akilimo-incorporated-in-cassava-farmer-financing-program-by-top-agricultural-banks-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"akilimo incorporated in cassava farmer financing program by top agricultural banks in tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AKILIMO agronomy advice tools for cassava farming will be an integral part of the new program by the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank and National Microfinance Bank to finance cassava farmers in Tanzania. The banks have collaboratively issued a loan product worth US $ 1.3 million for 421 cassava farmers affiliated to 43 farmers groups in Handeni district, Tanga region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All recipients of the loan facility\nwill receive training on the use of the AKILIMO decision support tools and\napplication of the agronomic recommendations provided by the tools. The program\nwas launched in Handeni in 17<sup>th<\/sup> June at an event graced by\nrepresentatives from partnering organizations, government agencies and private\nsector players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACAI project coordinator for Tanzania Freddy Baijukya represented the function to highlight the importance of AKILIMO recommendations in cassava growing. Freddy assured stakeholders of continued support from ACAI and IITA in providing agronomy advice and making the relevant technologies available for farmers to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c We are hoping that using new\ntechnologies farmers will increase their production and as a result income and\nbe able to meet the loan obligations.\u201d Said Freddy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers and bank officials attending the event were introduced to the various formats of the AKILIMO tools that they will be interacting within the coming days. ACAI will organize training sessions with government-affiliated extension agents to prepare the farmers for the planting season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acai-project.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farmers-speaks-to-GoH-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\"\/><figcaption>Farmers showcased products from processed cassava roots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those partnering in the program include farmer groups from Handeni district, National Microfinance Bank, Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB), World vision, Tanzania Cassava Producers and Processors Association (TACCAPA), Cassava Seed Growers Association (CSGA), Kilimo joint and IITA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AKILIMO agronomy advice tools for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akilimo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}