Sunday, 29 September 2013

Zimbabwe: Nutritious, Cheaper Food Supplement for Zimbabwe




TWO international organisations have unveiled a nutritious and cheaper food supplement, the e'Pap, in a bid to alleviate hunger in Zimbabwe.
The food supplement, which costs less than a quarter of a dollar per serving, was introduced by Miracle Missions in conjunction with e'Pap Zimbabwe.
Miracle Missions is a Christian organisation involved in community work around the country.
E'Pap, which is already popular in South Africa, is a pre-cooked cereal made from unrefined maize and soya bean with 28 added nutrients, to focus on addressing micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger.
E'Pap Zimbabwe representative, Shelley Lasker said the food supplement was not only full of nutrients, but has also been formulated to improve the ability of the body to digest and break down food, ensuring full benefits in one's entire diet.
"E'Pap is a great tool for companies with social responsibility programmes," she said.
The supplement comes at a time when over two million people in Zimbabwe are in need of food assistance following poor yields in most parts of the country, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Hunger is most prevalent in provinces such as Manicaland, Masvingo, Midlands and Matabeleland region.
Statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare indicate that about 12 000 children under the age of five die in the country yearly as a result of malnutrition.
Econocom Foods chief executive officer, Basil Kransdorff, a food expert from South Africa, said poverty has seen the emergence of a "sterile mono diet" focussed on maize meal, which does not address the daily nutrient requirements.
This, he said, was now called "hidden hunger" which e'Pap sought to address.
Hidden hunger is not the kind that comes from lack of food, but is a long-term, chronic lack of vitamins and minerals.
"Eating commercially farmed and over-processed sterile food may make us feel full, but our bodies will not ever be nutrient replete. Nutrient repleteness plays a vital role in helping human beings become functional," Kransdorff said.

Tanzania: Science, Technology Innovations to Eradicate Disease, Poverty Worldwide




New York — PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has challenged national leaders world over to take advantage of prevailing social, economic and scientific innovations to build a world free of poverty, hunger, disease and deprivation.
Addressing the UN General Assembly here on Friday evening, President Kikwete said a desirable world to be built should also be the one that protects its environment and nature.
He told the gathering that it was possible to have a world without wars, conflicts and acts of terrorism...a world where human rights were respected, rule of law observed, democracy reigned and the civil society was regarded as an integral part of the development endeavour.
"Despite many challenges, the world was passing through time of great opportunity. With stronger multilateralism and the United Nations leading the way and with strong political will on the part of national leaders and the people, everything is possible.
We can make our world a better place for everyone to live," he said. He paid glowing tribute to the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban ki-Moon for the excellent work he is doing for the UN and humanity at large.
He also commended the choice of this year's General assembly's theme - Post 2015 Development Agenda: Setting the stage, which he said was timely and very opportune.
"It affords us the opportunity here with regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and decide what needs to be done to complete the unfinished business and enable us to make informed decision beyond 2015," he said.
Mr Kikwete said it was heartwarming to note that progress towards attaining MDGs was recorded in the last 13 years. However, he noted that the progress was highly uneven among nations and continents and varied from one goal to another.
He gave an example of extreme poverty that has been halved at global level, where 1.2 billion people were still trapped there with about 19,000 children under the age of five and around 800 women die every day mostly from preventable and curable diseases and other causes.
The president said it was totally unacceptable in today's world of plenty, where there was unprecedented advancement in science and technology which could be leveraged to solve all development challenges facing humanity.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Angola: Agricultural Products Outflow Corridors Set Up


 

Four corridors to flow out agricultural products have been created under the Integrated Rural Trade Plan, said Thursday in Luanda the minister of Trade, Rosa Pacavira.
The minister said so at the end of the 9th ordinary session of the Cabinet Council's Economic Commission. The official said that the corridors are those of the northern, eastern , north and southern centres. According to her, the centre/north corridor comprises the provinces of Lunda Norte, Kwanza Norte, Malanje and Uige.
The eastern centre covers the provinces of Huambo, Bie, Benguela, Lunda Sul and Moxico. In its turn, the northern corridor responds for the provinces of Luanda, Bengo, Cabinda, Zaire and Kwanza Sul. The Southern Corridor includes the Namibe, Cunene, Huila and Kubango provinces

Who to Blame for the Infected Maize Seeds Saga?


 

Analysis
Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) has said that it is closely monitoring the maize planted recently in the Northern and Western provinces, after reports that some of the maize varieties distributed to farmers in these areas could have contained a deadly disease.
Last week, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Dr Agnes Kalibata, speaking from Rulindo district, confirmed that the maize seeds that were supplied to the two provinces are subject to a follow up, after laboratory samples showed they were infected.
Under the Crop Intensification Programme, the ministry supplies seeds for maize, wheat and soya beans to farmers growing these crops on a large scale and most of the seeds are locally produced while about 25 per cent is imported.
RAB officials told this paper this week that over 1,500 tonnes of the maize seeds were imported by three companies at different intervals.
The companies are Seedco, a Zimbabwean-based company with an office in Kigali, Pannar, from South Africa, and Kenya Seed Company from Kenya.
About 100 tonnes of Hybrid Pannar 691 distributed to farmers in the Northern Province were found attacked by a virus called Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus (MCMV).

During an interview, an official working with one of the importers said, on condition of anonymity, that "the virus is endemic in Africa and would not cause harm on its own, but when combined with another virus called Sugar Cane Mosaic Virus (SCMV), it makes devastating impact."
The official said the combination becomes the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND), which would result in quarantining the affected region, "like it happened once in Kenya."
"The maize is actually not infected with MLND, but the Agriculture ministry is legitimately acting quickly to avoid any possibility of this virus making it to Rwanda."
RAB technicians are now taking more samples from farmers to get accurate information on the matter and farmers who acquired seeds from the stock said to be infected were requested to not plant more, until further notice, and they will have to uproot the infected seeds.

Friday, 27 September 2013

Africa: FAO, Oie and Who Unite for World Rabies Day to Call for Elimination of Disease




Press release
Rome — Mass dog vaccinations and public awareness key to breaking cycle of transmission
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued the following joint statement on the occasion of World Rabies Day.

UNITED AGAINST RABIES
On World Rabies Day - 28 September - FAO, OIE and WHO unite in their goal to eliminate human rabies and control the disease in animals.
Every year, an estimated 60 000 people die an agonizing death from rabies, many of whom are children bitten by rabies-infected dogs.
Rabies is preventable!

Awareness and education
Community participation, education and public awareness are important elements of successful rabies control programmes, and mass vaccination of dogs is critical. Communities need to take responsibility for their dogs, prevent dog bites and know what to do when bitten.

Break the cycle
More than 100 countries report cases of rabies in dogs putting people at risk. Vaccinating at least 70% of dogs breaks the cycle of transmission in dogs and to humans. Rabies programmes need to incorporate free-roaming and street dogs with options for dog population management.
Safe, efficacious and affordable dog rabies vaccine are available, and countries embarking on rabies elimination need easy access to quality-assured dog vaccines for vaccination campaigns and for outbreak management. Vaccine banks can help facilitate procurement and deliveries.

When a person is bitten
A person who is bitten by a rabid animal still has the chance to survive if the wound is cleaned immediately and thoroughly with plenty of water and soap and post-exposure prophylaxis is provided in time (a course of vaccines and, in severe cases, immunoglobulins).
Preventive rabies vaccination can be given to people at high risk of exposure from domestic or wild animals, such as animal health workers, veterinarians or laboratory personnel, to protect them before they are exposed.

Africa: Can the B-Word Beat Malnutrition?




Dakar — While fortifying staple foods, such as wheat flour and salt, has become routine in urban parts of malnutrition-prone West Africa, bio-fortification - the breeding of more nutritious vegetables, grains and pulses - is still a relatively new phenomenon for the region, but it is set to explode over the next decade, say food security experts.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) houses HarvestPlus, a programme that breeds varieties of sweet potato, cassava, plantain, corn, rice and other staples enriched with vitamin A, zinc and iron - the nutrients that the World Health Organization says people in developing countries are most deficient in.
Projects using these plants to tackle malnutrition are taking place across Asia and in Africa, including Mozambique and Uganda.
In Senegal, food security NGO Yaajeende, supported by USAID, has teamed up with HarvestPlus to re-introduce the vitamin A-rich orange-flesh sweet potato to the country (it died out for reasons that remain unclear) and to replace the currently used millet seed with iron-enriched pearl millet. Eventually, they hope to introduce zinc-enriched rice and vitamin A-enriched orange corn.
"We want to reach a point where you see more orange sweet potato than any other kind in Senegal," Todd Crosby, head of Yaajeende, told IRIN.
He added, "We hope to have replaced existing millet seed with bio-fortified millet by our project's end," in five to 10 years' time.
Bio-fortification technology was introduced to Africa several years ago, but take-up is expected to accelerate, with the involvement of not just governments, research institutes and nonprofits, but huge multinational corporations as well. Nestlé, for example, has long worked in micro-nutrient fortification and is now embracing bio-fortification, with plans to integrate vitamin A-enriched cassava and iron- and zinc-enriched rice varieties from Nigeria and Madagascar, respectively, into its future product lines.
In 2008, the Copenhagen Consensus identified bio-fortification as one of its top five solutions to global development challenges.
Nutrient deficiencies
According to IFRPRI's Global Hidden Hunger index, released in June 2013, 18 of the 20 countries with the highest micronutrient deficiency rates are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Tanzania: Inflation Drops Amidst Food Boom


HEADLINE inflation has dropped to reach 6.7 per cent in August from 16.0 per cent in December 2012, while economic growth rate reached 7.5 per cent last year.
The Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Dr William Mgimwa, attributed the trend to improved food supply in many parts of the country.
"Increased food reserves has helped to address challenge of food shortage in areas that experienced the problem," the Minister told a news conference in Dar es Salaam on Monday. Dr Mgimwa said the government has assured farmers that agricultural inputs will be available in most parts of the country in time.
"Since 75 per cent of the population is living in rural areas, the government has introduced different initiatives to support the people whose main activity is agriculture," he said. He said exports of goods and services rose for the period ended July, this year, by 1.3 per cent from US$ 8,161.5 million to US$ 8,269.6 million in 2012.

The minister said tourism and transportation dominated the country's export of services. "Both tourism and transportation service have contributed to the income by 80 per cent," he said.
Dr Mgimwa said during the period under review imports dropped by 0.7 per cent and it mostly involved raw materials for local industries and machinery.
He noted that the use of the Electronic Fiscal Devices-EFD which was introduced and being administered by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has facilitated increased collection of government revenue.
The minister noted further that the government was improving the irrigation schemes to improve food security.

Tanzania: Dar Farmers to Benefit From Drought Tolerant Maize Varieties




 
Interview

WATER Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project, through African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), the project's lead institution, has secured a technology of developing drought-tolerant and insect-pest protected maize varieties, royalty free, from American Monsanto. Staff Writer FINNIGAN wa SIMBEYE had an interview with AATF Corporate Communications Officer Grace Wachoro...

Q: Is it true that Water Efficient Maize for Africa has secured rights for African farmers to use genetically modified drought and disease resistant maize without paying loyalty to Monsanto and other patent right owners?
A: The Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project is developing drought-tolerant and insect-pest protected maize varieties for use by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project is currently being implemented in five African countries--Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. The Project is using droughttolerant and insect-protected genes that Monsanto has donated royaltyfree.
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), the lead WEMA institution, will through the project develop and sub-licence the drought-tolerant and insect-pest protected maize varieties to local seed companies, royalty-free. This means that there will be no payments going back to Monsanto for the use of technologies that have been donated to the project.
AATF will also not charge local seed producers any special fees to produce or multiply WEMA drought-tolerant and insect-protected maize varieties. Consequently, local seed producers will therefore not charge any extra technology fees to their customers, the farmers.
The first WEMA conventional hybrid (non-GM) has been sub-licenced to seven local seed producers in Kenya under the trade name of DroughtTEGO and will be sold to farmers in the short rains season of 2013.

Q: How long will the agreement last and which species are involved? A: There is no time limit associated with the agreement and farmers will not be required to pay royalty for the maize varieties even after the project ends.
The Project is using the cold shock protein B (CspB) gene to improve drought-tolerance in maize. The gene is from a common soil miroorganism Bacillus subtilis, which is used in the preparation of Japanese soy food, natto.

Monday, 23 September 2013

Tanzania: 7,000 Tonnes of Relief Food for Ngorongoro


 


Ngorongoro — THE Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources has endorsed the distribution of 7,000 tonnes of grains to the residents of Ngorongoro Division in Ngorongoro District, the relief food will now be provided free of charge.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Mr Lazaro Nyalandu explained that the relief maize was previously bought by his ministry through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) so that the local residents in the NCAA could buy it to supplement their food stocks after the area suffered famine last year.
"Apparently many families could not afford to buy the food even at subsidised prizes causing the grain stockpile to stagnate in the local silos," stated Mr Nyalandu, adding that even when the NRT Minister, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki ordered the maize to be distributed to the residents free of charge the NCAA could not execute the order.
"The NCAA had to send formal request to the government to be allowed to issue the food free instead of selling it to the people and the permit took long to be processed, but I am happy to say that the documents have been delivered and now the food can be distributed," said the Deputy Minister.

With about 20,000 households and a population of nearly 90,000 residents, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which is one of the three divisions making up the Ngorongoro District, is mapped within the reserved area restricting people from indulging in agriculture and other commercial activities.
Livestock grazing is, however, permitted among the native Maasai residents who lament that famine and drought have decimated most of their livestock and thus they are now left with nothing to depend on for survival, a cry which was expressed even to the Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda who toured the area over the weekend.
Mr Pinda also reinforced the government's decision to have the relief food distributed free of charge to the area residents and his order pushed things much faster and now the Maasai villages in the area will start getting the supplies from this week onwards.

Africa: Obama, Bio-Technology and the Illusion of Africa's Food Security



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Opinion
It is not far-fetched to suggest that a significant part of Obama's special assignment in Africa in 2013 was to clear the way for American bio-tech companies to move along the path of least resistance. Tanzania under Kikwete is an important foot soldier in that broad strategy
In June-July 2013, US President Barack Obama embarked upon his first official trip to Africa. He made three regional stops: Senegal (West Africa), South Africa (Southern Africa) and Tanzania (straddled between East and Southern Africa.) But even before he departed, Obama's itinerary had become contentious in that it excluded Kenya.

Kenya is by far East Africa's power-house, economically and otherwise. The US president claimed to be coming to Africa to enhance US-Africa interactions and build business partnerships.
By all accounts, Kenya was a more convincing nerve center of action than Tanzania. In addition, Kenyans were losing lives in neighboring Somalia in a war against Islamic terrorism, a deeply significant issue in US foreign policy. Why was Tanzania prioritized? Was there an inside-story that we were not being told? We backtrack to Obama's initial run for the US presidency to read between the lines.

OBAMA'S-GMO STIGMA
When Baraka Obama first entered the American national scene in early 21st century, he stepped into a volatile public debate between genetically modified organisms (GMO) protagonists and GMO antagonists. To a politician, many critical votes were at stake here; Obama had to take a stand on what had become an agitated dialogue-of-the-deaf.
Candidate Obama confirmed early his campaign that he was mindful of the risks of vesting too much power in the hands of multi-national corporations (MNCs), especially in regulatory government agencies.
Additionally, regarding the divide between consumers and the food giants, he was decidedly on the side of the former. His presidency would not allow the Department of Agriculture to be transformed into the department of agribusiness.
On assuming office, however, Obama made a surprising u-turn by suddenly becoming an ally of big agricultural businesses. Quickly, there were 'loud whispers' that the new US president had transformed into the most visible 'convert' of the biggest of the agri-businesses, the much-despised Monsanto Company.

Tanzania: Ngorongoro - Conservation Area Is for Wildlife Not Farming

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Ngorongoro — TANZANIA has eight out of more than 980 coveted 'World Heritage Sites' dotting the globe; these are officially endorsed by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
While there are efforts to add the Udzungwa Mountains National Park of Iringa to the list, so far the official World Heritage Sites mapped in the country include the Zanzibar Stone Town, ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, ruins of Songo Mnara, Kondoa Old Rock paintings, Mount Kilimanjaro, Selous Game Reserve, Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority ( NCAA).
The NCA which is an autonomous authority, is home to the legendary crater, abundant wildlife species and due to its outstanding position as multiple use vicinity, native Maasai people, who are nomadic livestock grazers are allowed to live alongside the beasts.

The Maasai were allowed to co-exist with wildlife in the Ngorongoro because they don't eat any other meat other than that slaughtered from their menagerie, which means wild animals (the fauna) are safe with them. The other thing is, since their main survival activity is just keeping cattle, animals that only eat low-cut grass, even the flora (natural growth) will be preserved in their presence.
When the NCAA was being established in 1959 it had a population of just 10,000 Maasai residents and 50 years later in 2009 the number had risen to over 66,000 and during this year's specialised census in the division, the figure has clocked at 87,000.
Available statistics indicate that the 8,292 square kilometres NCAA in addition to nearly 90,000 human beings, also supports more than 130,000 livestock, mostly cattle with some 20,000 goats and sheep thrown in. Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu had warned that the carrying capacity of the conservation area is about to tip its scale when it comes to ecological stability.
Five years ago, in 2009 UNESCO raised a 'red flag' against Ngorongoro Conservation Area, threatening to remove it from the list of the World Heritage sites, due to what was described as 'ecological deterioration' in the territory.

Increased human activities in Ngorongoro were cited as the factors threatening the world heritage site, because at that time people within the NCAA were practising serious cultivation; maize and beans farms dotted the landscape defeating the whole purpose of conservation.

Africa: Red Wine, Green Tea, Garlic and Shiitake Mushrooms: 'Medicine Foods' to Prevent Certain Diseases

 Two bottles of red wine with a glass of red wine between


Press release
Granada — Two sessions at the IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition look at the potential of phytochemicals on health and how nutritional labelling may promote healthy eating
  • A sulphuric compound in the shiitake mushrooms that gives it its characteristic flavour plays a role in the prevention of thrombosis and liver cancer, according to a Japanese study on animals
  • A Spanish study finds blood markers that put into objective terms the antioxidant and cardioprotective properties of red wine
  • Another scientific session discussed the potential of nutritional labelling on the prevention of chronic diseases
  • According to a review, European consumers know how to differentiate the healthiest products based on their nutritional labels, but this labelling by itself does not motivate purchase
  • Price, flavour and packaging have the greatest impact on the purchase decision
Red wine, shiitake mushrooms, green tea and garlic have properties that benefit health through substances present in their composition. The study of the potential of these foods in the prevention of diseases is the object of a session that took place today, Friday, at the IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition in Granada (Spain).
"There are so many phytochemicals that have an impact on our health, and each of them has different functions. We are trying to clarify how these functional compounds in food are capable of preventing diseases and, in some cases, even curing them," explained Professor Hitomi Kumagai from the Chemistry Department of Nihon University in Japan, who participated at the session.
Professor Kumagai presented the results of a study on mice using a sulphuric compound from shiitake mushrooms, lenthionine, which is responsible for their flavour and, according to this work, inhibits platelet aggregation and prevents hepatic injury. "Therefore, this sulphuric compound may prevent thrombosis and liver cancer," explained the professor.
Lenthionine mechanism of action is different to that observed in garlic sulphides, the object of another study at the same Nihon University in Japan. According to this work, the different sulphides in garlic may act in the prevention of diseases related to lifestyle, such as obesity, blood clot formation and leukaemia.
Regarding the polyphenols in red wine, frequently mentioned due to their antioxidant and cardioprotective qualities, a Spanish study presented by Cristina Andrés La Cueva of Barcelona University at the IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition has find out some biomarkers in the blood that indicate quantitatively whether the consumption of polyphenols is having an effect on the organism.

Africa: Argentina Extends Its Tech Transfer Ties With Africa



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Buenos Aires/Nairobi — Argentina has agreed to extend its collaboration on agricultural technology transfer with nine Sub-Saharan African countries in areas of special interest for each.
Nine separate deals were signed during the second meeting of Sub-Saharan and Argentinean Agriculture Ministers in Argentina last month (20-23 August).
Representatives of Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Sudan and Zambia signed the agreements.

Argentina's government "had been working with these countries on cooperation and technological transfer as part of its policy to seek new markets for Argentine products", the ministry spokesperson tells SciDev.Net.
The first ministerial meeting took place in April 2011, and, in addition, Argentina has received delegates from Africa seeking collaboration on technology transfer, and has sent its own technical missions to Angola, Namibia and Mozambique, before the current raft of agreements, according to the ministry.
Argentina will now transfer technological knowledge and provide assistance, especially in the areas of rural development, biotechnology, seeding techniques, small-scale agriculture, plant and animal health, and rural extension programmes, whereby new knowledge is applied to agricultural practices through farmer education.

The work will aim to improve crop yields, the efficiency of water and energy use, and the conservation of natural resources, according to a press release from Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
"Argentina is positioned as a leading country in science, technology, biotechnology and genetics," Norberto Yauhar, Argentina's minister of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, tells SciDev.Net.
The next steps will be to establish bilateral work programmes to identify priority areas and actions, including research projects and the exchange of technical information, says Yauhar.
"We aim to create a space for approaching the private sector in each country in order to increase bilateral trade flows and the presence of each country's companies in various markets. We also hope to expert exchange missions in order to identify areas where technical assistance is needed to increase agricultural sustainability," he says

Friday, 13 September 2013

Kama ulimis hiki ndo kinachoendelea Lumesule,Nanyumbu-Mtwara, Picha hizi ni zawadi kwako kwa hiani ya TAFEtz







TAARIFA YA UTAMBULISHO NA UTEKELEZAJI WA MAJUKUMU YA SHIRIKA LA WEZESHA WAKULIMA TANZANIA (TANZANIA FARMERS EMPOWERMENT,TAFE ) KWA WANANCHI WA WILAYA YA NANYUMBU- MTWARA




Shirika la WEZESHA WAKULIMA TANZANIA (TANZANIA FARMERMES EMPOWERMENT)- (TAFE) ni asasi isiyokuwa ya kisiasa, kidini,kikabila na kifaida ilianzishwa tarehe 22/3/2013 ikisajiliwa rasmi kuwa kikundi jamii (COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION) (CBO) kwa namba MTW/NANY/KU 197, ni shirika linaloongozwa na vijana 19 waliohitimu elimu ya chuo kikuu kutoka katika chuo kikuu cha Dodoma kwa shahada mbalimbali na pia wanafunzi kutoka katika chuo cha kilimo cha Sokoine (SUA). Hii ni pamoja na kutambua changamoto mbalimbali ambazo zinaikumba jamii yetu ya Tanzania kwa sasa hasa tatizo la elimu na Ajira.
Hivyo kwa kushirikiana na serikali,taasisi zisizo za kisekali pamoja na mashirika mengine ya maendeleo wakiwemo wanaharakati wengine wa maendeleo Wezesha wakulima Tanzania inaamini Maendeleo ya Tanzania  yatafikiwa kupitia mipango yake ya Dira ya Maendeleo ya Taifa 2025, Malengo ya Millenia 2015 na Mkakati wa Kukuza Uchumi na Kupunguza Umaskini Tanzania pamoja na mikakati Mingineyo mbalimbali.
Makao Makuu ya Shirika ni Katika Kijiji cha Lumesule, Kata ya Lumesule Wilayani Nanyumbu ambako shirika linashirikiana na wadau mbalimbali wa maendeleo kuhakikisha malengo haya yanafikiwa.
Katika kuhakikisha kwamba shirika linafikia malengo yake ni wazi kwamba kulikuwa na kila sababu ya kijuitambulisha kwa wananchi ili jamii itoe ushirikiano wa kutosha kwao, kwa kuzingatia hili shirika liliandaa vikao mbalimbali ili kuhakikisha ushawishi mkubwa unafanywa kwa wananchi kukubali mradi huu muhimu kwa maendeleo ya mkulima mwenyewe. Shirika lilifanya Vikao mbali mbali pamoja na jamii ili kufanikisha lengo hili la ushawishi kwa jamii kukubali kushirikiana na jamii husika

UTAMBULISHO .
Utambulisho ulikuwa wa aina mbili ambao ni shirika pamoja na uongozi wa vijiji vyote vilivyohudhuria kikao hiki cha mafanikio ya wakulima.  Wajumbe waliohudhuria kikao pia walipata nafasi ya kujitambulisha mmoja mmoja kwa mujibu wa mwenyekiti wa kikao nafasi zao katika utumishi.
Utambulisho wa shirika la WEZESHA WAKULIMA TANZANIA (TAFE) ulipelekwa moja kwa moja kwa Katibu Mtendaji wa shirika ambaye ni REV.Linus John Buriani. Alianza kwa kuwatambulisha baadhi ya wajumbe wa shirika ambao waliweza kufika katika kikao hicho ambapo alitoa hudhuru wa baadhi ya wanachama wengine wa shirika kutowezakufika kulingana na sababu mbalimbali ikiwemo ile yawengine kuwepo katika Jukwaa la Vijana la Katiba lililofanyika Dar es salaam. Wajumbe wa shirika walioweza kufika walikuwa wajumbe wanne akiwemo
Mratibu washirika kanda ya Kusini ndg. Steven Namahochi
Mratibu wa shirika kanda ya kaskazini ndg.John Thomas pamoja na
Afisa msaidizi mawasiliano ndg Sharifu Muibu.
Wakiongozwa na Katibu Mtendaji Rev. Linus John Buriani ambaye kwa mujibu wa Katiba yeye ni Mratibu Mkuu wa Shirika  huku akiutambulisha na uongozi mzima wa shirika akiwemo ndg Victor Willium kama mwenyekiti wa shirika ,Miss Victoria mponda kama mtunza hazina wa shirika.Na pia walitajwa viongozi wengine ambao hawakuwepo kama Mratibu wa kanda ya Mashariki Bi, Barka Omari pamoja na Mratibu wa kanda ya Kusini Nyanda za Juu Bi, Sarah Kazumba na Afisa Habari,Technologia na Mawasiliano Bwana George makona kutoka Mbeya.
Mgeni rasmi ambae ni Mh Mbunge wa jimbo la Nanyumbu naye alijitambulisha yeye na ujumbe wake wote ambao alikuja nao katika kikao hicho cha Utambulisho.
Katibu Mtendaji alitoa maelezo machache sana ambayo yaliifanya kikao cha maamuzi cha shirika kufikia kulipeleka shirika lumesule na hasa katika Wilaya ya Naunyumbu na moja kati ya sababu Katibu aliitoa ni pamoja na:

Tatizo la ajira kwa vijana
 Katibu alichukulia mfano wa vijana wengi katika kijiji cha Lumesule kutwa kukaa bila kitu cha kufanya huku akizidi kuzungumzia mzigo mzito wa serikali juu ya ajira kwa vijana ukiongezeka siku hadi siku.”…asilimia ya vijana Tanzania kwa sasa inakadiriwa kuwa ni  66% ya watu wote Tanzania huku ikisemekana kwamba mnamo mwaka 2050 Tanzania itakuwa ni nchi ya 3 barani Africa kuwa na idadi kubwa ya watu ambao ni vijana” Hivyo basi kwa kutambua changamoto la ukuaji wa idadi ya watu na kasi ya ukuaji wa Uchumi shirika likaona iko haja ya kwenda kuweka makao makuu yake katika Wilaya ya Nanyumbu ambako kasi ya ukuaji wa uchumi  ni ndogo ukizingatia na kasi ya ukuaji wa kundi la vijana ambalo halina Ajira na elimu ya kujitegemea. “Bila shaka sisi tunaamini Tanzania ni nchi ya Kilimo na ili uchumi ukue kwa kasi kubwa ni lazima macho makali yaelekezwe kwenye sekta ya kilimo ambako hutoa ajira kwa watu wengi na mahitaji muhimu kwa jamii.” ( Rev. Linus John Buriani, Katibu mtendaji wa shirika)

MALENGO YA SHIRIKA
Malengo ya Shirika ni pamoja na kufanya mabo yafuatayo.

Mafunzo ya ujasiriamali (entrepreneurship) 
Sababu nyingine iliyopelekea kuanzishwa kwa shirika katika wilaya ya nanyumbu ni nia la kutoa mafunzo ya ujasiriamali ili kumwezesha mkulima na mwanakijiji wa leo kutotegemea kitu kimoja katika kuendelea na haswa ikiwalenga vijana.Vijana wengi wamalizapo elimu yao ya kidato cha nne wengi wao wanapokosa nafasi ya kuendelea mbele hiushia magengeni na wengine katika mambo hatarishi ya maisha yao wakikusudiakuifurahisha mioyo yao wasijue ni kujiumiza. Shirika limeandaa mpango wa kuwapa mafunzo vijana ambao wamekata tama na maisha juu ya ujasiriamali na maendeleo ili kuepusha uzururaji na utumiaji wa madawa ya kuelvya kwa vijana.

Jinsia ( gender )
Katika jamii inayotuzunguka ya leo kati ya mambo yanayokwamisha maendeleo ya mkulima ni utofauti uliopo kati ya jinsia mbili ya (me) na (ke). Baadhi ya jamii nyingi Tanzania swala la maendeleo linamgandamiza mwanamke kuliko mwanamume huku hii ikididimiza uwezo wa wanawake katika maendeleo na mwisho kukwamisha maendeleo ya kujikimu. Shirika limeandaa mipango mikakati mbadala katika kuondoa utofauti uliopo haswa katika kilimo. Tanzania inategemea kilimo ili kuongeza uchumi wake na wa watu wake lakini kiwango shirikishi katika uzalishaji kinamgandamiza mwanamke huku mwanamume akizidi kukiona kilimo kama kazi ya mwanamke. Ushirikishwaji na usawa katika kilimo unafanya ufanisi katika maendeleo na hivyo shirika limejiandaa kutoa mafunzo kwa jinsia mbili na nafasi zao katika maendeleo ya kilimo Tanzania.

Utafiti (research)
Shirika pia limeanzishwa kwa nia na kusudi la kufanya uchunguzi wa namna ya kuboresha kilimo nchini Tanzania na haswa ikianzia katika mkoa wa Mtwara.utafiti utaambatana na kumnufaisha mkulima na kuleta tija katika maendeleo. Mkulima wa sasa analima kwa mazoea pasipokujua utaalam wa kilimo kwa kushirikiana na serikali shirika limeanda mpango wa kufaanya utafiti wa mazao na njia mbalimbali za kumwezesha mkulima kulima kukiwa na tija kwenye maendeleo.

Ushirikiano(partnership)
Ushirikiano huu utalenga serikali,mashirika binafsi,taasisi za dini na mashirika ya kimataifa. Ili kuboresha kilimo cha mtanzania wa sasa kushirikiana na serikali katika mpango wa kukuza na kuondoa umaskini tanzana (MKUKUTA) ya mwaka 2015 pamoja na mpango wa maendeleo (TANZANIA DEVELOPMENT VISION)(MKUZA) 2025 tumenuia kushirikiana kwa hali ya juu kwa zileshemu zisikofikiwa na serikali kwa urahisi kuhakikisha zinafikiwa kwa ushirikiana kati ya shirika na Halmashauri wilya,mkoa naa wizara husika katika kilimo, maendeleo,vijana nyingine husika. Ushirikiano pia umekusudiwa kati ya shirika na mashirika ya kimataifa ikiwa ni pamoja na shirika la maendeleo duniani na asasi ndogondogo za umoja wa kimataifa katika kupambana na umaskini duniani katika mpango wa millennia(2000).

Elimu ya rika(elimu rika)
Elimu hii ikiwagusa vijana katika mabadiliko ya tabia na namna ya kukabiliana nazo wakati zinapoonekana tabia kama hizo. Hii itasaidia kuondoa mimba za utotoni na zaidi kumsaidia kijana kupambana na mazingira ya nayomzunguka.

MIKAKATI YA SHIRIKA
Katibu pia katika kulitambiulisha shirika aligusia mikakati madhubuti ikiwemo ya muda mfupi na muda mrefu ndani ya shirika.

Mikakati ya muda mfupi :( short term strategies)
Kutengeneza vikundi vya wakulima; shirika limekusudia njia ya kwanza ya kumnufahisha mkulimaa katika wilaya ya nanyumbu kwanza kutengeneza vikundi vya wakulima ambapo shirika limekusudia kuwa na vikundi vipatavyo 21 katika kila kijiji.
Kuanzisha mashamba darasa kwa ajili ya mafunzo ya wakulima ambapo wataalam wa maendeleo kutoka katika shirika na vyuo vya kilimo na pia maafisa kilimo kutoka serikalini wataandaa mafunzo rasmi kwa wakulima kulingana na uhitaji halisi wa wakuliuma katika vikundi.
Utafiti tathmini (baseline surveying). Utafiti huu umekusudiwa kuanza mnamo mwezi wa tisa (September) mpaka mwezi wa kumi(octobar). Utafitihuu utaambatana na kujua wakulima wanataka nini katika maeneo yatakayowahusu.
Katika kuhakikisha mikakati hii ya Muda mfupi inafikiwa kwa kipindi cha muda huu wa mwaka 2013/2014 shirika hadi sasa limefanya yafuatayo.
Kutengeneza vikundi 8 hadi sasa ambavyo vinapatikana katika kata ya Lumesule lakini kusudi la Shirika ni Kuwa na vikundi 21 kwa kata. Hivyo fomu za kujiandikisha kuwa wanavikundi tayari zimesambazwa kwa watendaji wa vijiji kwa watu kujiandikisha na kupewa mafunzo mbalimbali kulingana na mahitaji ya kundi husika. Shirika linatamani kuwa na vikundi vingi zaidi lakini changamoto ya uhakika wa kuwapa mahitaji ndio unaoturudisha nyuma.

Tayari mazungumzo yamefanyika kitaratibu ili serikali za vijiji watuazime ardhi kwa ajili ya Mashamba darasa ambayo yatasaidia kujenga uwezo wa wakulima kwa vitendo baada ya kupewa elimu ya nadharia. Serikali ya Kikiji cha Lumesule imekuwa ya kwanza kukubali ombi hili na michakato infanyika kuhakikisha suala hili linafikia muafaka.
Tayari shirika limeandaaa nyaraka itakayo wezesha kufanya utafiti mdogo (Baseline Survey) kuona ni jambo gani shirika lianze kufanya kazi nalo.
Tayari shirika limeshaunda vikundi vitatu vya kilimo cha bustani toka mwezi wa 4 na sasa wanaendelea na shughuli yao ya kilimo cha bustani chini ya uangalizi wa shirika.

Mikakati ya mda mrefu: (long term strategies)
Kujenga ofisi ya shirika katika kijiji cha lumesule wilayani nanyumbu. Hii ofisi itakuwa makao makuu ya shirika Tanzania nzima huku ikiwa ni pamoja na kujenga ofisi katika kila kanda kulingana na ugaaawanyaji kikanda ikiwa ni katika kanda kuu nne za kanda ya kati, kaskazini, mashariki na kusini.
Kubuni miradi mbalimbali kwa kushirikiana na jamii,serikali pamoja na mashirika ya kimataifa ili kufanikisha  kipato cha mtanzania mmoja mmoja kukua na zaidi kuongea uchumi wanchi,miradi kama ufugaji wa kuku wa kienyeji,kilimo cha mbogamboga,mahindi,ufugaji wa ng’ombe,miradi ya uhakika wa chakula na miradi kupanua na uhakika wa soko la mazao yawakulima.
Kuhamasisha kuhusu swala la elimu mashuleni na zaidi kuunda klabu za kilimo mashuleni na vyuoni ili kumjengea mwanafunzi mbinu mbadala za kukuza kilimo Tanzania kwa kushirikiana na serikali.

MAFANIKIO YA SHIRIKA HADI SASA
Mradi kukubalika na jamii nzima. Mradi umepata nafasi kubwa sana haswa katika eneo ambalo shirika litaweka makao yake makuu wilaya ya nanyumbu na kijiji cha lumesule.Wakionyesha kujawa na furaha wajumbe wengi wamelisifu shirika haswa kuweka makao yake makuu katika mkoa wa mtwara na wilaya ya nanyumbu hasa kata ya Lumesule ambayo mpango wa uhamasishaji umepata ushirikiano mkubwa na mwamko mkubwa sana kutoka kwa jamii husika.


Kuunda vikundi vinane vya wakulima. Baadhi ya vikundi vimewasilisha taarifa zao kuhusu uongozi wao kwa ujumla na uhitaji wao katika kufanya kazi za shirika kitu ambacho kinazidi kulitangaza shirika zaidi


Kufanya vikao pamoja na uongozi wa kijiji cha lumesule ambapo walikubaliana kutoa hekari 10 kwa ajili ya shughuli za shirika.


UZINDUZI WA SHIRIKA NGAZI YA TAIFA, 56 HOTEL MJINI DODOMA KATIKA VIWANJA VYA BUNGE LA JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA



Uzinduzi wa shirika kitaifa uliofanyikia 56 Hotel Dodoma Tanzania ukihudhuriwa na wageni kama Profesa Mwamfupe kutoka katika chuo kikuu cha Dodoma,Mbunge wa Nanyumbu Mhe.Dastan Mkapa, 
Profesa Davis Mwamfupe, Mshauri wa Wanafunzi katika Skuli ya sayansi za Jamii, katika hotuba yake siku ya uzinduzi wa shirika 16/6/2013 kushoto Mkurugenzi wa Maendeleo ya Mazao, wizara ya kilimo  Mr Twahil ambaye alimuwakilisha waziri wa kilimo Mh. Eng. Christopher Chiza.
Wengine ni:
Mkurugenzi wa Maendeleo ya Mazoa-Wizara ya Kilimo Mr. Twahil
Mkurugenzi wa Mawasiliano na technolojia wa bunge la jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mr. Didas
Mkuu wa idara-Stadi za maendeleo Mrs Mshana
Wakufunzi
Wanataaluma kutoka fani mbalimbali Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma, St john na Mipango


Wadau Mbali mbali wakisikiliza kwa makini maelezo ya shirika la TAFE Mkoani Dodoma.

MIRADI ILIYOBUNIWA NA KUANZA UTEKELEZAJI
Kuanzisha na kusaidia vikundi viwili vya  wakulima wa mbogamboga kijiji cha lumesule;hii ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwapa mbegu hususani katika kilimo cha nyanya;

MRADI WA KARATI…

CHANGAMOTO/ MAHITAJI
Ardhi ya kutosha; kwa sasa na kwa vikao ambavyo shirika limekaa na uongozi a vijiji ni kiasi cha hekari 10 ambazo ziko chini ya shirika mpaka sasa. Lakini ili shirika liweze kufanikisha shughuli zake linahitaji zaidi ya hekari 100. Baadhi ya vikao vilivyokaliwa na uongozi wa vijiji hoja kubwa zilikuwa ni uhitaji wa arthi ya kutosha kufanya shughuli za shirika ziwe rahisi.
Vikundi vya wakulima; tunahitaji vikundi 20 katika kijiji kimoja ambapo mpaka sasa tuna vikundi 8 kwa baadhi ya vijiji. Ili kufanikisha ili ni lazima kuwepo na utafiti tathimini wa wakulima ili kujua wanahitaji nini  na katika mazingira gani.
Kufanyika Kwa utafiti mdogo; ilitarajiwa kuwa utafiti huu ungeanza tarehe 15 mwezi wa nane (August) lakini kutokana na rasilimali pesa kutokukidhi ilimebidi kuahirishwa mpaka mwezi wa tisa (September) mwaka huu.  Mradi wa utafiti mdogo kulingana na mpango kazi utaghalimu kiasi cha fedha za kitanzania shilingi million 17 Tshs (17,000,000 Tshs) ili kufanikisha swala la utafiti mdogo( baseline surveying) Kuhusu hali ya kilo wilayani nanyumbu.
Uhitaji wa miradi mingi kutoka serikalini; shirika linahitaji kuweka ubia na wizara za serikali ili kufanikisha utekelezaji wa shirika na serikali katika kumsaidia mkulima na kuleta maendeleo.
Miradi na utekelezaji; shirika linahitaji ushirikiano mkubwa na halmashauri na wizara chini ya serikali na hivyo uhusiano baina yetu utajegwa na ufanisi katika utekelezaji wa miradi mbalimbali iliyo chini ya serikali ya maendeleo na kuondoa umaskini (MKUKUTA  na  Tanzania Development Vision 2025) .Pia mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali yanahitajika ili kujenga uhusiano wa kuisaidia jamii.
Uhitaji wa vifaa mbadala katika kufanikisha shughuli za shirika ikiwemo vifaa vya kisasa vya kuboresha kilimo kama trekta, pump za maji na uchimbaji wamabwawa makubwa ya kuhifadhia maji ili kufanikisha kilimo cha umwagiliaji. Tunaiomba serikali pamoja na wizara zake chini ya  wizara ya kilimo,vijana na maendeleo kutoa ushirikiano kufanikisha ili kwa maendeleo ya wakulima na uimala wa shirika.
Katibu wa shirika alimaliza utambulisho wa shirika kwa kifupi na baadhi ya mikakati,malengo na mahitaji ndani ya shirika kwa sasa na mwenyekiti wa kikao ali mruhusu kupumzika huku akiruhusu michango kutoka kwa wajumbe waliofika katika kikao.
Mjumbe wa almashauri ya kijiji alishukushu uwepo wa shirika katika kijiji cha Lumesule huku akipongeza jitihada za awali za shirika mpaka mahali lilikofika leo hii.”… tunawashurukuru sana shirika la WEZESHA WAKULIMA TANZANIA kwa kuona kilio cha wakulima nchini na haswa katika mkoa wa mtwara zaidi wilaya ya Nanyumbu na pia kijiji cha lumesule… sisi hata mkitaka hekari zaidi ya kumi tutatoa ili shughuli zenu zifanikiwe…” huo ni mchango wa mjumbe kutoka almashauri ya kijiji.
Mjumbe wa pili alisimama na alianza kulipongeza shirika huku akihoji  je kweli shirika litadumu kwa muda katika wilaya ya Nanyumbu,!?
Wajumbe wengine waliosimama walilipongeza shirika kwa uwepo wake huku mmooja wa wajumbe akiwaasa wakulima kwa kusema” …yawezekana hili shirika ni zuri sana lakini likarudishwa nyuma na wakulima wenyewe kwa kutokutoa ushirikiano mbadala na shirika pale wanapohitajika…”

Akilijibu swali la mjumbe kuhusu kuwepo kwa shirika kwa kipindi chote katibu wa shirika alianza kwa kuwaondoa hofu wajumbe wa kikao na kwamba kazi zote za shirika zita fanyika katika ofisi itakayojegwa lumesule na kuwa miradi yote ya shirika ni miradi endelevu itakayoambatana na usimamizi na uhakiki wa miradi (MONITORING AND EVALUATION) na kwa hiyo wakulima wasiwe na wasiwasi kuhusu shirika bali washirikiane kikamilifu ili kufanikisha mahitaji ya shirika.

TAARIFA YA MHE.DASTAN MKAPA, MBUNGE WA JIMBO LA NANYUMBU
Akilizungumzia shirika la TAFE alisema shirika la TAFE ni wanajamii na wanafanya kazi na wakulima. Alisisitiza kuwa shirika ni la wakulima kwani linafanya kazi kwa kuangalia wakulima wanahitaji nini na siyo shirika linahitaji nini.
Mhe Dastan alizidi kuwaasa wakulima kutokuchezea nafasi ya uwepo wa shirika katika wilaya ya nanyumbu bali walisaidie shirika ili kufanya kazi zake kwa ufanisi zaidi kwa kuonyesha ushirikiano pale inapobidi.
Katika taarifa yake fupi mlezi aliahidi…
Kutoa mifuko miwili ya mbolea na dawa kwa ajili ya vikundi viwili vya mbogamboga katika kjiji cha lumesule.
Kushirikiana na shirika pindi litakapoanza kujenga ofisi kwa kutoa mchango wa hali na mali.
Kuzidi kushirikiana katika kulitangaza shirika katika ngazi ya kitaifa ili lifanikisha malengo.

Shirika la wezesha wakulima Tanzania linapenda kuwashukuru jamii kwa kulipokea shirika na zaidi serikali za vijiji kuona umuhimu wa shirika katika kukuza na kuendeleza kilimo Tanzania. Shirika limeeahidi kushirikiana pamoja na wakulima katika maendeleo ya mtanzania.
Ombi letu kwa serikali pamoja na wizara na almashauri kuona umuhimu wa shirika la TAFE mkoani Mtwara na zaidi katika nchi ya Tanzania na hivyo kulisaidia shirika kukua kwa kiwango cha kuletea kipato taifa. Wizara ya kilimo, maendeleo na pia wizara ya vijana inahusiska moja kwa moja katika kufanikisha maendeleo ya mtanzania na hivyo tungeomba wizara hizi kuunga mkono kazi za shirika na zaidi kulisaidia shirika kwani ndio muhimili pekee wa maendeleo ya mtanzania na Tanzania chini ya kilimo. Ili sera ya kilimo isibaki kuwa tu mada bali utekelezaji.


Baadhi ya Wanachama wa TAFE wakiwa katika moja ya sare za shirika katika Majengo ya Chuo Kikuu  Cha Dodoma April 2013.
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WANACHAMA WA TAFE NA TAALUMA ZAO.

S/N    JINA    TAALUMA    CHUO      
1    Victor William    Stadi za maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
2    Rev.Fr.Linus John    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
3    Victory Mponda    Stadi za Maendeleo     Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
4    John Thomas    Mahusiano ya Kimataifa    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
5    Charles Salu    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
6    Sarah Kazumba    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
7    Barka Omari    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
8    Halima Msitu    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
9    Joseph Ambrose    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
10    Phibert Laurent    General Agriculture     National Sugar institute Morogoro      
11    Joanitha Theophil    General Agriculture    National Institute morogoro      
12    Abdulaziz Ally    Maendeleo vijijini    Chuo Cha Kilimo cha Sokoine       
13    Joseph Muhindoi    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
14    Sharifu Muibu    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
15    Happyness Mshana    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
16    Irene Ibrahim    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo Kikuu Cha Dodoma      
17    George Makona    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
18    Luiza Henry    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
19    Abdulaziz Mwasha    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
20    Abdulatif Ayub    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
21    Edger Tillya    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma      
22    Steven Namahochi    Stadi za Maendeleo    Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma