RURAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

RUDI  PROFILE

The Rural –Urban Development Initiatives (RUDI) is a local
Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) registered in Tanzania Reg. ONGO/1933 with
it headquarters in Dar es salaam,
Tanzania.

RUDI has presence in 26 Districts in 14 Regions of Tanzania
supporting over 100,000 farmers organized in 400 groups. RUDI is ISO 9001:2015
Certified as providers of Business Development and Professional Capacity
Building Services to smallholder farmers using a value chain approach. RUDI has
vast experience in the Maize, Paddy/rice, Sunflower and Horticulture value
chains.

RUDI Vision: Highly
organized, food and nutrition secure, and wealthy society.

 RUDI Mission: To be an organization of
choice in providing professional capacity building services and products to
rural and urban enterprises to make them more competitive.

RUDI Competencies:

RUDI as an organization undertakes the following Business
Development and Capacity Building Services in both rural and urban areas of
Tanzania with clients from public and private sector.

1)    Cooperative  Development 
and Association Development

2)    Renewable
energy promoters

3)    Agribusiness
orientation and training

4)    Post-Harvest
Handling ( PHH) technology promoters

5)    Enterprise
development

6)    Microfinance
linkages

7)    Value
Chain Development

8)    Warehouse
Receipt System management and promotion

9)    Private
Public Partnerships

10) Market and input
linkages

11) Business
Development Services ( BDS)

12) System of Rice
Intensification ( SRI) promoters

13) Climate Smart
Agriculture

Specific activities:

1. Community
   Development

Facilitation of communities to prepare development
priorities using specific tools such as O & OD, PRA etc

2. Agribusiness
   orientation and training

Business and technical skills training including “farming as
business”

3. Enterprise
   development

Business planning and management

4. Association
   development

Association formation, registration management and
strengthening

5. Microfinance
   linkages

SACCOS formation and management; including linkage to credit
sources for crop financing

6. Value
   Chain Development

Value chain development through multi stakeholder
coordination, linkage to Business development services (BDS), and market and
microfinance linkages

7. Warehouse
   Receipt System (WRS) promotion and management

Support identification of warehouses, renovation, and
equipment with basic requirements as per Warehouse Licensing Board, warehouse
management and linkage to credit sources.

8. Private
   Public Dialogue and Partnerships

Organize stakeholder meetings; discuss issues hindering
private sector participation and linkage to government and development partner
programs. Support PSOs in lobbying and advocacy activities

9. Environment

Support Climate change adaptation activities through Climate
smart Agriculture, Agro-forestry Productivity and Improved Livelihood (PIL)

RUDI Organization Chart