Years of experience

Who We Are?

Discover BUFADESO

Bunda Farmers Development Organization (BUFADESO) is a community-based organization established on 27 February 2012 by farmer groups in Bunda District, Mara Region, Tanzania. The organization was formed to create a strong network of farmer groups that would sustain development activities initiated with the support of Vi Agroforestry, a Swedish international NGO that previously implemented projects in the region. BUFADESO was officially registered on 4 December 2013 under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act No. 24 with a registration number 00NGO/00010200. BUFADESO works to strengthen farmer groups, promote sustainable agriculture, and support community-led development initiatives that improve livelihoods and environmental sustainability.

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Our Vision & Mission

Our Mission

BUFADESO envisions having a strong community that will bring sustainable agricultural development to farmers.

Our Vision

To empower citizens and to build the capacity of farmers improved, productive and sustainable agriculture for the benefit of the entire Tanzanian community.

Our Core

Values.

Relationship

Relationship is based on the foundation of faith, respect and appreciation.

Continous learning

Continous learning; knowledge is the main drive of our work. We are a learning organization in all internal and external spheres.

Team work

Team work: We work as a team to increase productivity, effectiveness and efficiency regardles of colour, tribe, doctrine, belief, level of education, physical appearance, sex etc.

Accountability

Accountability: when assigned responsibility, we take charge and accountability of the expected results at specific time.

OUR ORGANIZATION

OBJECTIVES

To conduct research on issues concerning advanced and modern agriculture method, market for farmers products, subsides and agriculture tools and equipment.

To establish irrigation scheme base that will connect from lake Victoria to village in peripheral areas in Bunda.

Evaluate and monitor farmer’s projects/activities settled goals.

To enhance capacity building to farmer’s on issues concerning environmental conservation, climate change, and application of technological farming tools and incentives.

Lobbying and advocate policies, strategies and plans that encumber of agriculture sector in BUNDA respectively.

To design, implement, revise and review programmers’ and projects which are calculated either directly or indirectly to benefit the organization in the attainment of any of its objects.

What we do

Our Services

Agricultural Project Evaluation and Monitoring Service

Agricultural Innovation and Market Research Initiative

Agricultural Policy Reform Advocacy

Sustainable Agriculture Empowerment Program

Small holder farmers.

Both individually and in groups: These are farmers engaging themselves in different activities like agricultural production and marketing, microfinance (Village Saving & Loan Associations - VSLA and Village Community Banks - VICOBA), study groups, tree planting, entrepreneurship and Agroforestry.

Special groups.

Groups of people with prioritization such as women groups, youth groups, school children as well as People Living with HIV/AIDS.

SECTORAL AREAS AND PRIORITY PROGRAMS

BUFADESO is mandated to various developmental interventions and strived to work the below areas:

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