Third Sustainable Development Planning Workshop held on 06th October, 2016.

Participants of the 3rd sustainable development workshop held at Gentle Hills Hotel in Iringa, Tanzania

Third Sustainable Development Planning workshop was held at Gentle Hills Hotel in Iringa, Tanzania on 06^th October, 2016.

The workshop was planned to present get insights from stakeholders with regards to Sustainable Development Planning. This workshop was also important avenue for better understanding of the issues and the challenges faced by stakeholders including farmers, investors, donors, private sectors, government agencies, agricultural and extension staff as well as policy and decision makers. The workshop participants were drawn from different organizations within and beyond the Cluster representing Government Agencies, NGOs, Private companies, Investors/Donors, and Farmers Organizations and Farmers.

The workshop was delivered through presentations, plenary discussions and group discussions. The presentations were intended to inform participants about the project and the research in the Ihemi Cluster. Participants discussed in groups about their conceptualization of sustainable development planning, possible indicators of sustainable development, priorities aspects of sustainable development in Ihemi Cluster, Challenges of sustainable development in Ihemi Cluster and ways to overcome them and ways to enhance participation of women and youth in sustainable development planning.

This was the last workshop

As a way forward, the project team promised to collate all the information available within the cluster and will take onboard suggestions from the workshop to ensure that implementation of the project benefits smallholder farmers, investors, donors as well as SAGCOT Centre.