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Tanzania Poultry Mission to the Netherlands

A group led by Prof. Daniel Elias Mushi, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Tanzania Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, along with private sector representatives and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dar es Salaam, visited the Netherlands in January 2024. The purpose was to gather insights on poultry health, genetics, feed, and value addition.

Financed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), This mission was organized by the Mission department of RVO in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tanzania. Prior to departure, the deputy head of mission of the Netherlands Embassy, Mr. Job Runhaar gave cultural orientation to the delegation on as the firsthand information about the Netherlands.

About the Mission

The delegation embarked on a study tour in a 3-day program filled with meetings, visits, speed dating and networking sessions. The group was welcomed by Mr. Ralf van de Beek, Director for International Agribusiness and Food Security of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, and his team. To kick off the visit, the two countries affirmed mutual commitment to strengthen the bilateral collaborations through renewal of an Memorandum of Understand (MoU) covering poultry and aquaculture sectors. For the poultry sector, a verbal agreement was made to focus on the genetics, health, feed and value addition.

Companies and Organisations visited

1. Pluriton

As an international exporters of hatching eggs and day-old chicks, Pluriton is a leading supplier of the world's three most popular layer breeds globally: H&N, Hy-Line, and Lohmann. These breeds are renowned for their superior egg-laying persistency and low mortality rates. Additionally, Pluriton provides broilers from Ross, Cobb, and Hubbard, which are considered among the international elite. Pluriton is IKP KIP certified, which is a global chain quality system developed for the entire poultry meat sector. Companies who wish to register for this certification can follow the procedure via the IKB KPI register.

For more information, visit Pluriton.

2. Aeres Training Center

The training center specializes in providing vocational training at various levels. Areas covered includes poultry, cattle, piggery, animal feed, and insect rearing. Tanzania companies and institutes in the poultry sector can request for a tailor made training. The request should indicate the type of training, place and number of people expected to be trained. The training can be organized in consortium of the companies seeking similar solutions in poultry sector.

To learn more about the programmes, visit Aeres Training Center.

3. Royal GD

The primary focus of Royal GD is on animal health and production bringing theory and practice together. With a team of approximately  90  researchers  and specialized veterinarians, Royal GD conducts minimum of 5 million laboratory analyses annually. The institutes also conducts trainings for veterinary  officers and offer tailor made trainings on animal health.

To learn more, visit Royal GD Animal Health.

4. Hendrix Genetics

The company is famous in Tanzania for its multi-purpose poultry breed, SASSO, distributed through Silverlands Company. Other notable brands traded by the company include ISA, Bovans, Dekalb, Hisex, Shaver, and Babcock, all specializing in laying hens.

To learn more, visit Hendrix Genetics .

5. Vencomatic Group

Offers a range of poultry keeping solutions including automated egg collection systems, poultry housing solutions, and other technologies designed to optimize various aspects of poultry farming, increase productivity and efficiency.

If you are a commercial poultry keeper, visit Vencomatic Group.

6. Schippers group

The company aspires to empower and professionalize livestock farmers to optimize farm hygiene, eliminating the need for antibiotics while increasing animal health and profitability. To achieve these goals, the company adopts innovative approaches, focusing on various methods of cleaning , disinfecting livestock premises and supplies cleaning solutions.

To learn more, visit Schippers Group.

Speed dating and networking

The delegation had an opportunity to meet  various organizations and companies active in the poultry sector.  This was a match making  exercise, where participants established connections with each other for product, services, knowledge and innovation

In conclusion, companies had shared important tools that can help to increase poultry keeping efficiency.

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