Donors coordination

The Bank is a member of the Development Partners Group (DPG) through which the development partners engage with the Government and other stakeholders to strengthen development cooperation. Aid management is guided by the Development Cooperation Framework (DCF), which aims to operationalize international principles of aid effectiveness.

The Bank is one of the major Development Partners in the agriculture sector in Tanzania together with other multilateral donors, the World Bank, USAID, IFAD, EU, GAFSP and the JICA. The Bank is a member of the Agriculture Sector Working Group (AWG) of the DPG whose objective is to promote coherence and consistency in development assistance to the agriculture sector through the coordination and harmonization of Development Partners’ support.

The Bank has also been working closely with PACA and IITA. The former has been serving as the technical agency assisting coordination and implementation of a holistic approach involving various technologies e.g. postharvest technologies, aflatoxin forecasting (decision support system), evidence based policy, incentives for adoption of technologies and practices as well as market linkages, awareness raising, and progress tracking (M&E).In addition, IITA has been developing biocontrol trialsandtesting their efficacyin various areas in the country.