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TARI Centre

Research Project Title

Project Objective(s)

1

Makutupora

Breeding for drought-tolerant maize varieties for climate resilience in central Tanzania

To improve food and nutrition security among smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of central Tanzania through the development of drought tolerant maize varieties

2

Makutupora

Enabling a resilient and prosperous community through participatory agroecological practices in the semiarid region of Central Tanzania (ResCOMM 2, Tanzania)

Enabling a resilient and prosperous community through participatory agroecological practices in the semiarid region of Central Tanzania

3

Makutupora

Efficacy trial for Rootella fertilizers on Tomato production

To recommend the efficacy of Rootella fertilizers on tomato

4

TARI Maruku

Promote sustainable and Scalable Rapid Propagation Techniques and Dissemination of Improved and farmer Preferred Banana Varieties in Tanzania

Efficient rapid propagation techniques, nursery management and field management technologies established and adopted for sustainable quality planting material production of improved and farmers preferred varieties in Tanzania

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Tengeru

VACS Amaranth breeding

To build capacity for amaranth improvement, increase yields and maintain nutritional value, make amaranth fit for climate change by introducing disease resistance and enhance drought and heat tolerance and leverage the versatility of amaranth by improving both grain and vegetable amaranth

7

Tengeru

Program for seed systems innovation for vegetatively propagated crops in Africa (PROSSIVA)

i) Establishing a trial to test the use of bacteria indexing to lower contamination rates

8

Tengeru

Root, Tuber and Banana (RTB Project)

   To produce high yielding, pest and disease resistance banana varieties resistances

9

Selian

Agricultural and fisheries development program

To assess yield potential, nutritional composition, and disease resistant of maize genotypes

10

Selian

TAAT II

Improve wheat smallholder farmer livelihood through the use improved wheat technologies

11

Selian

Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa.

To assess disease resistant and yield potential of maize genotypes

12

Selian

Evaluation of high yield and maize lethal necrosis resistance

To assess high yield potential and maize lethal necrosis disease resistance

13

Selian

Wheat Disease Early Warning and Advisory System(Wheat-DEWAS)

Wheat diseases Surveillance and Sentinel plots establishment

14

Selian

Artemis II:Field Phenotyping Prototype  

The project objective is to contribute to the development of novel methods to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable on-farm breeding and variety evaluation

Selian

Guiding Acidic Soil Management Investments in Africa

1)To analyze the impact of removing certain inputs on crop yields and soil health across different locations

2)To investigate the combined effects of multiple agricultural factors (such as fertilizers, liming and crop management practices) on yields and soil quality

3)To assess the effectiveness of different interventions in encouraging farmers to adopt agricultural lime in their practices

Selian

Scaling Improved Mungbean Varieties for Better Nutrition and Livelihoods in Tanzania

1)To increase farmers’ access to quality seeds of improved mungbean varieties that are culturally accepted, gender-equitable, and affordable.

2)To increase market supplies of mungbean by improving the productivity per unit area and expanding area planted.

Selian

Accelerated Varietal Turnover for Open-Pollinated Crops - Common bean (ACCELERATE)

1.To develop and assess innovative approaches to promote trader adoption of new open pollinated varieties.

2.To build skills and knowledge of seed producers and traders

3.Production and supply of early generation seeds

Selian

Development of Common Bean Varieties Adapted to Heat, Drought and Diseases caused by Climate Change Variation in Tanzania.

1)To characterize the economically important diseases of common beans in Tanzania with race specific due to climate change phenomenon.

2)To develop bean varieties that are resistance to the identified economically important diseases (i) above in relation to climate change.

3)To develop bean varieties that are tolerant to drought and heat stresses in relation to climate change.

4)To detect the useful candidate genes (CG) for abiotic and associated biotic stresses through the application of integrated molecular tools.

5)To capacitate early career scientists from research and higher learning institutions for long term training in areas of biological science for enhanced national research and development.

Selian

Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors (BRAINS)

1.Enhance climate resilience in bean and insect value chain actors, especially women and youth

2.Increase the adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies which boost climate resilience to scale across targeted production systems.

3.Build a pipeline of enterprise that invest in carbon neutral climate resilient and gender responsive business development in line with emerging climate finance sector goals

Selian

Linking East and West African farming systems experience into a BELT of sustainable intensification-EWABELT

Maruku

Avocado Seedling production

Production of Popular and Marketed Avocado Seedlings

and Promotion of Avocado Production technologies in Kagera Region.

RAPID

To improve beans for fast CT and improved Fe and Zn content through annual cycles of pedigree and genomic selection with optimised mating designs based on OCS, reduce CT in common bean by at least 30%, and increase Fe content by 15% and Zn by 10%

ECREA

To deliver co-designed information based early warning signals (IBEWS) and weather and climate information system (WCIS) products in the form and mode easy for uptake by farmers and value chain actors in bean sector

TARI Ukiriguru

Mutation Breeding for Improved Productivity, Nutritional Quality, and Pest and Disease Resistance in Cotton and Common Beans — Phase I

I Mutation Breeding for Improved Productivity, Nutritional Quality, and Pest and Disease Resistance in Cotton and Common Beans — Phase I

920,796,034

Dr Paul Saidia

0762881855

179,435,587

To increase bean and cotton quality, productivity, nutritional quality and food security by developing mutant varieties through radiation induced mutagenesis

To increase bean and cotton quality, productivity, nutritional quality and food security by developing mutant varieties through radiation induced mutagenesis

TARI Ukiriguru

Demand-driven interventions for implementing agroecological-based and gender-inclusive IPM technologies to enhance safe fruit production and among smallholder farmers in East Africa

To enhance the productivity and safety of mangos, citrus, and avocados production for food and nutrition security of smallholder farmers through scaling of agroecological-based IPM technologies and capacity building in East Africa

TARI Ukiriguru

PROSIVA II

Enhanced early generation seed production

TARI Ukirigu

Empowering smallholder farmers through an innovative, inclusive, and sustainable seed system (MUHOGO BORA project)

Increase accessibility and sustainability (Increase productivity and sustainability of current CSE networks)

TARI Ukirigu

Cotton research project

To develop varieties with characteristics needed by cotton farmers, ginners, spinners and cotton seed oil industries.  

To identify and evaluate the efficacy of potential insecticides in controlling insect pests in cotton.

To study the genetic diversity of cotton insect pests.

Screening of organic and industrial fungicides.

Studying the impact of multiple cropping in influencing cotton yield.

TARI Maruku

Program for seed systems innovation for vegetatively propagated crops in Africa (PROSSIVA)

To enhance the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of VPC seed systems in target countries of Africa by conducting research and delivering innovations that will address seed system bottlenecks.

TARI Maruku

RTB

Varietal testing and improved understanding of key stakeholders in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars in Tanzania

TARI Ilonga

Accelerating the release and commercialization of climate-smart smart-nutrient nutrient-dense maize varieties (Provitamin A and High Zinc) in Tanzania

Fast-tracking development, access, and use of climate-smart nutrient nutrient-dense maize in Tanzania

TARI Kibaha

Bio-efficacy of CMS fertilizer for sugarcane production

Testing the efficacy of CMS

TARI Kibaha

Sugarcane Research Program

To develop and disseminate demand-driven technologies for sugarcane growers, focusing on the development of technologies related to sugarcane: Breeding, Agronomy, Entomology, Pathology, Nematology, Post-harvest Management, and Social economics

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TARI Kibaha

Reducing Postharvest losses and increasing farmers' income through quality-improved dried tomato products in Eastern Tanzania.

TARI Kibaha

Multiplication and distribution of sugarcane planting materials for cane growers at Kilombero and Kilosa districts

Improving sugarcane productivity for growers through the use of clean planting materials at Kilombero and Kilosa districts.

TARI Kibaha

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Seed Multiplication and Distribution to Smallholder Farmers in Simiyu Region for Improved Food and Nutritional Security

I). Multiplication of early generation seeds of the Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato

ii). Capacity building for the seed multipliers, extension, and nutrition officers in the Simiyu region