UZALISHAJI WA UYOGA

BORESHA AFYA NA KIPATO KUPITIA FOREVER LIVING PRODUCT

Forever Living Product ni Kampuni inayoshughulika na utoaji wa elimu na usambazaji wa bidhaa zenye virutubisho vya afya ikiwa ni pamoja na kinga na tiba kwa magonjwa mbalimbali. Pia inatoa elimu ya ujasilia mali inayomwezesha mtu kuongeza kipato cha ziada pindi akiwa bado kwenye ajira yake na bila kugusa muda wake wa kazi.

 Mbali na vitutubusho kwa afya, ina bidhaa za za urembo na utunzaji wa ngozi zisizo na kemikali - ni asilia Kampuni hii ilianzishwa huko Marekani mnamo mwaka 1978, na imekuwa ikiendesha shughuli zake katika nchi zaidi ya 140 duniani, Tanzania ikiwemo.

 Kampuni hii inatoa Fursa ya kuwa Msambazaji (sio machinga) , Mteja au vyote viwili. Mwenye kampuni atakulipa bonus ya asilimia fulani, kulingana na nafasi yako katika mfumo wa biashara uliowekwa na kampuni, kwa kila utakachokinunua na utakayemshirikisha akaenda kununua. Mfano wewe umenunua bidhaa, ukawashirikisha rafiki zako watano, nao wakaenda kununua, utalipwa kwa mauzo ya kwako mwenyewe, pamoja na hao watano uliowashirikisha (sio kwamba ni lazima ukauze, ila mwenye kampuni atakulipa bonus kwa bei ya kuuzia sio ya kununulia).

Jiulize, ni mara ngapi umekwenda dukani ukanunua soda si moja bali ni zaidi ya moja, jee huyo mwenye duka amewahi hata siku moja kukulipa bonus kwa soda ulizonunua?.

FLP itakulipa kwa chochote utakachokinunua kwa matumizi yako, au kwa kuwasaidia wengine. Malipo yatategemea ukubwa wa timu yako na mauzo yao, pia nafasi yako katika mfumo wa biashara

Biashara hii imewabadilishia watu wengi maisha kwa kipindi kifupi sana kuliko matarajio yao. Ni biashara ya kushirikishana: mimi nakushirikisha wewe, na wewe unamshirikisha mwingine, na mwingine na mwingine,... ukomo ni upeo wa macho yako.

 Hatupati pesa kwa kuuza bidhaa, bali kwa kuwashirikisha watu wengine, nao waweze kununua wenyewe, kisha nao wawashirikishe na wengine wakanunue. Unaweza ukaanza leo ukiwa pekee yako, lakini baada ya mwaka mmoja, miaka miwili, miaka mitano utakuwa na watu wangapi chini yako? Ni wengi sana, vivyo hivyo na pesa ni nyingi sana.

Yako mengi sana ya kueleza, lakini siwezi eleza yote kwa email. Ninachoamini na kukutia moyo ni kwamba, ukiiamua kwa dhati kwamba unataka maisha yako yabadilike uweze kuishi maisha ya matamanio yako, ingia katika kufanya biashara na kampuni hii.

Unachotakiwa kufanya ni - Kwanza ni Kujiandikisha, Pili ni Kununua bidhaa na kuzitumia, Tatu ni Kuwashirikisha wengine manufaa ya bidhaa na kipato, na Nne ni Kujenga timu. Mtaji mkubwa wa biashara hii sio pesa, ni mdomo wako - "Word of Mouth".

Kwa hiyo aliye na pesa na asiye nazo, aliye na elimu na asiyo nayo, maskini au tajiri, ... wote wanaweza kufanya hii biashara, kama tu watakuwa na mambo haya matatu - DESIRE (HAJA YA MOYO), COMMITMENT (KUJITOA) , ACTION (KUTENDA) Kwa afya pia ni kampuni yenye bidhaa bora sana. Mchanganyiko wa bidhaa za lishe kadhaa huweza kuondoa tatizo lolote la kiafya hata kama limekuwa sugu kiasi gani. Kampuni inatoa gerentii ya siku 30, kama utaona hukupata badiliko lolote katika afya yako, utarudishiwa pesa yako yote.

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 Je Ungalipenda kuboresha maisha yako ya sasa na ya baadaye kwa kuwa na AFYA BORA na KIPATO kisicho na ukomo? Jee wataka kuwa na MUDA mzuri wa kufanya mambo yako binafsi bila kuingiliwa na mtu yeyote? Jee ungalipenda kuona unawasaidia wengine kutoka katika dimbwi la MARADHI na UMASKINI? Kama jibu lako ni NDIYO, basi wasiliana nami kama unania hasa, na umechoka na maisha uliyonayo, unataka kupata maisha ya ndoto zako na kuwa mtu mwenye afya kamilifu.

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Rainwater harvesting is essential to feed the world

Agriculture across the world depends on rainfall, so harvesting and conserving rainwater is key to boosting crop yields

Whether it's bread, meat, milk or bananas, whatever we eat demands water. But with a rapidly growing population (already more than 7 billion people), water availability per capita reduces drastically.

There is a correlation between poverty, hunger and water stress. The UN Millennium Project has identified the "hot spot" countries in the world with the highest number of malnourished people. These countries coincide closely with semi-arid and dry sub-humid hydroclimates, savannahs and steppe ecosystems, where rainfed agriculture is the dominating source of food, and where water constitutes a key limiting factor to crop growth.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that we need to increase agricultural production by 70% to feed the projected 9 billion people expected on the planet by 2050. But, given the current global food crisis, boosting agricultural production will certainly increase water stress.

We urgently need to increase water productivity. But how do we produce more cereals, milk and bananas with less water? And what type of water are we talking about?

At the last world water forum in Istanbul, three years ago, experts talked about the colour of water: blue water (irrigation), green water (rainwater captured by the soil and available for plants) and grey water (polluted water that could be treated and recycled).

The hot topic was blue water, which is about technology – water that is pumped, stored, pipelined and distributed via a complex plumbing system. Blue water frees us from the increasingly unpredictable climate and has been hailed as a pillar of the green revolution.

Grey water results from our urban folly and frenetic industrial development but also, thanks to waste water treatment technologies, this is a "new" water source that could be reused.

Humble green water is seen as "non-technological", unreliable and vulnerable to climate hazards.

Yet, agriculture depends on rainfall: on average it accounts for 85% of agricultural water usage. Its importance varies between regions: over 95% in Sahel, about 90% in Latin America, about 60% in south Asia, and 75% in north Africa.

For most of the global population, and farmers, green water is more important than blue water. Rainfall is concentrated in a short rainy season (about three to five months), with a few intensive bursts – it is highly variable, and impossible to forecast.

Farmers in arid and semi-arid regions where rain is scarce or unpredictable, or both, can use local solutions to make the most of the green water they get. Farmers can improve green water efficiency before it runs off, and when done successfully this can transform communities.

Kothapally is a rural community in semi-arid Andhra Pradesh state in India where most of the inhabitants are involved in farming. The main issue for rural poverty is water availability and water access. Thirty years ago, Kothapally was poor, with recurrent droughts, and many families were forced to migrate.

Back then, the government of Andhra Pradesh asked Icrisat to explore low cost water conservation solutions to improve crop yields. Working with the village watershed committee and local NGOs, scientists developed simple rainwater harvesting and conservation methods.

Kothapally's 270 farmer families built water harvesting structures such as dams and drainage gullies to divert run-off water to ponds or wells. They also built and maintained bunds to stop soil erosion and set up women's groups to produce vermicompost (composting with worms), which was sold to farmers to increase the organic content in the soil and improve the soil's water retention capacity.

Kothapally's progress didn't happen overnight, but it shows how a long-term participatory approach can really work. A village that suffered from water scarcity – including drinking water – and poverty until 1998 is now a green, prosperous village boasting healthy crop and high-value vegetable yields even in the baking summer months.

Good water management in agriculture is not only about investing in hi-tech drip or pumping systems but also promoting local practices of rainwater harvesting, management, conservation and efficient use in these under-developed agricultural areas.
Source: The guardian.co.uk written by Jerome Bossuet is a communication specialist at Icrisat

Empowering women farmers will end hunger for 150 mln people -UN

Women farmers make up about 43 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries – ranging from 20 percent in Latin America to 50 percent in Eastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet women have less access than men to agricultural-related assets, inputs (such as seeds, fertiliser etc.) and services.


Speaking via a video message at the launch of the first ever global conference on bridging the gender divide in the farm sector, Michelle Bachelet told some 500 delegates from 50 nations that empowering female farmers would bring prosperity and food security.

"Women do not have equal access to land, financial services and productive assets. Women lack access to markets. Women do not have the same access as men to education, training and technology," said Bachelet.

"Providing women with equal access to seeds, tools and fertilisers could increase national agricultural yields by up to 4 percent and would result in 100 to 150 million fewer hungry people."

According to experts at the Global Conference for Women in Agriculture, although women do the majority of farm labour, men, for the most part, still own the land, control women's labour and make agricultural decisions in patriarchal social systems.

LAND, TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE

As a result, women farmers – who account for more than a quarter of the world's population – face widespread restrictions on their ability to buy, sell or inherit land, open a savings account, borrow money or sell their crops at market.

They are also more likely than men to lack access to rudimentary basics of farming such as fertilisers, water, tillers, transportation, improved crop and animal varieties and government social schemes aimed at boosting yields.

While advances have been made to elevate the status of women in countries like India, for example, prominent political figures who have been supporting women's rights in the nation for decades told the conference much more needed to be done.

"Considerable effort has been made to provide women farmers with efficient, effective and appropriate technology, tools, training and information – yet these efforts fall far short of what is needed," said Margaret Alva, governor of India's Uttarakhand region where 90 percent of farm labourers are women.

"Land ownership also plays a major role. If women have joint rights to land, they could better command financial resources and savings,” Alva added. “They are core food producers and processors. Banks should recognise them as entrepreneurs. Loans must be provided to them as right."

Alwa said tools and machinery needed to be "agronomically designed" specifically for women to operate and that continuous information on improving farming techniques through community radio, television programs and local training should be provided – possibly by the private sector as part of their corporate social responsibility projects.

Better designed biogas plants, vermi-composting (worm cultures) and organic farming practices would help enhance incomes, she said, warning that there was also a need to protect women from dangerous jobs.

"Laws banning women from performing operations like stone-breaking, pulling carts, spraying insecticides, carrying loads on their heads etcetera must be put in place, together with social security and welfare measures for farming welfare measures for farming women."
Source: trustlaw // Nita Bhalla

Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) in Tanzania

As a way of strengthening partnership and obtaining commitment from stakeholders, each member prepares and signs the CAADP Compact. The Compact is developed through broad-based stakeholder consultations and round-table processes that ensure that the CAADP agenda reflects a broad consensus on the country’s priorities to which efforts will be devoted by all concerned.

The process of developing the Compact has therefore involved a number of steps beginning with creating a public awareness on the CAADP agenda, followed by a process of stock taking to identify priority issues that are needed to be addressed as part of the CAADP agenda. These were then validated and agreed upon by all stakeholders before detailed strategic investment plans are developed to be implemented over the short, medium and long term.

Signing of the Compact indicates a consensus and commitment by all signatories, to participate in the development of the agricultural sector within the CAADP framework. The Compact is signed by key government ministers, representatives of Development Partners, the private sector, farmers, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and civil society organizations.

The Compact outlines the agreed policies, strategies, priority areas, investment plans, and resource requirements for the development of the agricultural sector in the country that will lead to economic growth and food security and overall reduction of poverty.

Advantages of CAADP for Tanzania

The vision 2025 of the country is to build a modern and commercial agricultural sector that is highly productive and profitable and utilizes natural resources in a sustainable manner. Therefore, the country’s efforts target ensuring food self-sufficiency, enhancing export earnings and reducing poverty levels. To achieve these goals, actions are being taken to increase primary production and productivity, enhance agro processing and value addition and to increase profitability for all involved in the sector.

The basic principles of ASDP and ASP are very much in line with the CAADP principles. Within the frame of the on-going preparation of ASDP II and ASP III, CAADP provides an opportunity for Tanzania to further strengthen its agricultural development efforts towards achieving greater impact on the country’s economy and food security. Specifically, signing the Compact has the following advantages:

1. First, the CAADP roundtable and compact signing allows for a broader range of stakeholders to engage and commit themselves to support the agricultural sector in more harmonized approach.

Currently, the ASDP/ASP is supported by a small group of Development Partners through the basket funding and a number of projects. The CAADP process provides an opportunity to convince other Development Partners to participate by obtaining consensus on priority areas for support, and by adopting a more flexible financing system. Furthermore, within the ASDP/ASP, the involvement of NGOs and the private commercial sector has been rather limited: the CAADP process is a chance for bringing on board the NGOs and the private sector to play a bigger role by clarifying their roles and agreeing on the policy and institutional mechanisms facilitating their involvement.

2. Secondly, the CAADP process will allow a more accurate identification of the priority needs of the country, based on lessons learned from the implementation of ASDP/ASP and a thorough and rigorous analytical work of the sector based on the current situation. Such analysis will also benefit from the lessons from other countries by allowing the participation of peers from other countries in the region.

3. Thirdly, the current phase of ASDP and ASP will come to an end in 2012/2013 and 2011 respectively.

Likewise, the current phase of the National Strategies for Growth and Reduction of Poverty for

Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar are ending, and the process of developing the next phase is ongoing.

Signing the Compact provides an opportunity for realignment of the country’s agricultural development strategies to the overall poverty reduction strategies, so that agricultural development may have a bigger impact on poverty reduction. The process of identifying the strategic investment priorities for the agricultural sector within the CAADP process will facilitate sector growth and sector contribution to poverty reduction and national development.

4. Fourthly, signing the Compact allows the country to participate more effectively in, and benefit more from regional initiatives such as regional policies that may promote more dynamic regional and sub-regional market linkages and other (sub) regional collaborations that will contribute to the development of the agricultural sector in the country.

5. Finally, the Compact will provide the blue print and mutual commitment for the long term agricultural development in Tanzania. The CAADP framework will allow Tanzania to bring all the agricultural development initiatives under one umbrella, thus bringing more coherence and predictability both on the part of farmers, the Government, Development Partners and other stakeholders as to the interventions to be implemented in the sector in the long run. This is also likely to attract more private investments into the sector.

Conclusion

CAADP is a continental framework for transforming the agriculture sector in African countries. It provides the opportunity to pull the majority of Africans out of poverty through agricultural development. For Tanzania it is an opportunity to achieve the goals of the National Strategies for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, and eventually for achieving the goals of the Development Visions 2025 and 2020 for Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar respectively. Signing the Compact would complement efforts towards transformed agriculture and sustained economic growth through Kilimo Kwanza and ASDP; Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) and ASP for Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar respectively.

Source: www.agriculture.go.tz/CAADP/Brochure

UNDERSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

An entrepreneur is:

“Any person who identifies an opportunity in the market, gathers resources and creates and grows a business venture to meet these needs. He or she bears the risk of the venture and is rewarded with profit if it succeeds”.

An entrepreneur therefore organizes and manages a business and assumes risk for the potential of profit. This shows that opening a small business involves both risk and a financial investment. An entrepreneur decides to take control of his / her future and become self-employed, whether by creating his / her own unique business or working as a member of a team.

The next definition to consider is the word “success”.

The dictionary definition of success is:

“Fortune, prosperous progress, achievement, attainment of wealth, influence or acclaim”.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TANZANIA

More than 95% of businesses in Tanzania are small enterprises. Together, they contribute about 35% of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). There are currently in excess of a million entrepreneurs in Tanzania, running small, medium or micro enterprises (SME’s) responsible for generating up to 40% of total employment.

Micro enterprises

The majority of micro enterprises fall under the informal sector. They also include survivalist enterprises, whose income generation is less than the minimum income standard or poverty line, often there are no paid employees and asset value is minimal. For example, vendors and hawkers.

Small enterprises

These are mostly formalized undertakings. The distinguishing factor is that a secondary coordinating managerial structure is in place.

Medium enterprises

Here there is further decentralization of decision-making, with a more an advanced management structure and an increased division of labour.

Large enterprises

These have a hundred and above employees and their capital investment in machinery is large (above 800 million Tanzanian Shillings).

CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND GENDER BARRIERS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The cultures and societies of sub-Saharan Africa all have the following characteristics in common:

High Power Distance: this is typical of cultures where there is a strong hierarchy of authority, based on age and family status.

High Uncertainty Avoidance: unwillingness to take risks, a need to stick with what is familiar.

Low Individualism: “Ubuntu” and “Ujamaa"; a drive towards conformity within a group.

Low Masculinity: a low individual need for achievement.

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR

Before embarking on your journey, it is important to get a clear idea of the advantages and disadvantages of running your own business. This will assist you to assess your risks and weigh up the benefits.

The Disadvantages:

• Financial risk
• Stress
• Greed
• Getting to grips with it all

External factors

The Advantages:

Sense of achievement

Financial freedom

Independence

Contribution to society

Personal growth

Incentives

CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

Successful business owners, large and small, generally have a few things in common:

Business Experience

Drive and Attitude

Determination and Commitment

Interpersonal Skills and Leadership

Family Support and Lifestyle

Money Handling Skills

Planning and Organizational Ability

Creativity and Innovation

Health and Stress Management

Quote “If you can dream it, you can do it.”- Walt Disney

Quote “Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals”.- Aristotle

SMART Goal Setting The criteria for SMART goals are:

S = Specific

M = Measurable

A = Attainable

R = Realistic

T = Timely

IDENTIFYING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

The word “idea” comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “a specific thought which arises in the mind”.

The entrepreneur must first evaluate whether the idea presents a viable business opportunity or not.

Durable The product / service will be around long enough for you to capitalize on the opportunity fully.

Timely The product / service is offered at the right time for meeting the needs of the market.

Add value The product / service must create value for the end user / customer.

Attractive The end user must want to buy it.
Source:http://www.tccia.com/tcciaweb/SMEtoolkit/introduction.htm

FUMBUKA TANZANIA: PASS kusaidia maendeleo ya kilimo

FUMBUKA TANZANIA: PASS kusaidia maendeleo ya kilimo

A group of smallholder farmers and ordinary African citizens marched to State House

A group of smallholder farmers and ordinary African citizens marched to State House in Tanzania today, to deliver a petition signed by more than 16,000 African ONE members. This was the first time Tanzanian President Kikwete had received a continent wide petition, and the first time ONE had delivered a petition on African soil.

“Hunger is not acceptable. Hunger makes people suffer, affects child’s mental growth, diminishes the honour of the family and nation. World leaders have a role to play. Invest in agriculture, support the future generation and attain the MDGs” Dr. Sipho S. Moyo, Africa Director at ONE, said.