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USAID presentation

Susanne Poland



Tom Hobgood (USAID Tanzania)
 * 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

focus: increase access, availability and utilization of african-grown staple crops trade flows
 * East African region level**

improved nutrirtional behaviours (via dairy and legumes) high potential value chains to develop markets policy engagement south-central (7 districts)
 * Malawi**

legumes and oilseeds; maize, horticulture value chains
 * Zambia**

increased ag trade of key commodities increased agricultural productivity
 * Southern Africa region level**

critical that this project is part of what the missions are trying to accomplish