Abstract:
The initiative for this Dairy Sub-sector Rapid Appraisal arnse from an ASARECA/ILRI/IFPRI Dairy Policy
Workshop, held in November 1996 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At that meeting, Tanzanian representatives
identified the implementation of a Rapid Appraisal of the Tanzanian dairy sub-sector, using the ILRI-led
methodology, as an important first step in targeting further dairy research and development in Tanzania. A
stakeholders meeting was held in Dar es Salaam in February, 1997 to further this implementation. At that
meeting were identified a number of priority issues and specific objectives to be addressed through the
Rapid Appraisal (RA). The general objective of the RA would be to review dairy development in Tanzania,
and identify priority development and research interventions. The approach agreed upon followed the ILRI
Conceptual Framework for Dairy Research (Rey et al., 1993), which addresses the entire consumption-toproduction
spectrum. Three teams of scientists were chosen at the meeting to examine each of the primary
set of issues: (a) production systems, (b) economic and structural issues, and (c) policy and institutional
issues. The research team composition and the terms of reference are presented in Appendix 1.