Every month in Dar es Salaam the Oyster bay Farmers’ Market takes place (small producers’ market)- within a shopping centre. Similar to the fine local markets, Farmers’ Market pays attention to fulfil quality standards and to provide the certification of the products, putting the small producers at the centre. They can sell their own products and open up new commercial streams.
In 2015, 10 Farmers’ Market have been created, with the participation of 42 producers coming from different Tanzanian regions. This market receive on average 500 visits per week.
Moreover, this is an opportunity of great visibility for our diary in Njombe.
Some stories of our beneficiaries
FRIDA
Is member of the artists and producers group in Boma, named after her nickname “Mama Boma”. The Boma group, in Dodoma, carries out art projects, batik painting in particular. Frida helped the group to specialize in baobab material production, coconut, ibisco and moringa. Some of these (seeds, flour from baobab, essential oils) are sold at the Oysterbay Farmers Market. “Oysterbay Farmers Market gave me the chance to sell my products and to meet people from all over the world: in the last months I met people from England, Sweden, Germany… my goal is to export these products out of Tanzania”.
SULEIMAN
He is a famer of spices from Pemba region and member of the Slow Food Movement. He works every week from in the markets Pemba to Dar es Salaam. On his selling desk, we can find a great variety of spices and essential oils (cloves, citronella, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, ginger, cumin and many others). Sleiman has also a variety of masala spices such as chai masala, pilau masala, biryani masala and fish masala. “I usually sell in local markets in Dar es Salaam and Zanibar”, he says. “The demand has grown sensitively since I am here in the Oysterbay Farmers Market. Indeed, the market became my main income source”.
Suleiman was excited when he had the opportunity to introduce his spices to Milano EXPO 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.
AGNES
She is the manager of Nanaga Food Products, a firm created with her family after having attended some courses on conservation and food security. Nanaga sells chilli, garlic, pickles, jam, tomato sauce, fruit and dry vegetable. “Nanaga means perfect, clean and safe. I chose this name because I would like the food in Tanzania to be perfect, clean and secure for everyone. Oysterbay Farmers Market helped me enlarge my costumer group and this made me improve my income. Thanks to Oysterbay Farmers Market I see the other local sellers, with whom I may exchange ideas”.
