ROSDO is involved in capacity building to the community especially in the rural to manage their own development. With a population of over 40 million, 80% of Tanzanians live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Agriculture contributes 45% of the gross domestic product and 30% of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings. Projects include water supply, sanitation and hygiene, increase production, income and employment through agriculture production and marketing.

 i. Water project

The project intends to reduce the critical water shortage for the people in project areas. The project intends to support interventions to community problems through strategies such as capacity building for enhanced understanding and participation in the implementation of the project. The project identifies the marginalized group and lay out strategies for the community to support them.

The project is designed such a way that ROSDO ensure the participatory monitoring and evaluation between community and partner organization. There is documentation and sharing of key experiences and lessons learnt throughout the implementation process.

 ii.Marketing

The community is made aware of their rights to extension services and open market according to the National policies on marketing and cooperative acts. On organizational capacity building our concern is on two major issues; that there is lack of feedback along the value chain about where the market is and what its key characteristics are. This limited knowledge of the in country chain actors of the drivers of the existing value chain i.e. not seed colour but oil content. World sesame value chain is divided into high value white seed and low value dark seed; and government promote rent seeking within the value chain and limit the power of farmers.

In making the market works for smallholder farmers, capacity strengthening of 17 AMCOS is implemented in Lindi and Mtwara where they fully participate in price setting and demand from local government for extension services

 iii.Environmental Conservational project

The projects focus on involving the community at preserving diversity. As agriculture is the primary source of livelihoods for the majority of the population in the programme area, it is vulnerable to climate change and our food supply relies on successful adaptation. Farmers are trained on tree planting, making local pesticides and foliar fertiliser from vegetation and apply in their farms. There has been much improvement in farmers’ fields from such an application as its low cost and safe to apply compared with inorganic inputs.

ROSDO ni kushiriki katika kujenga uwezo kwa jamii hasa katika maeneo ya vijijini kusimamia maendeleo yao wenyewe. Yenye wakazi zaidi ya milioni 40, 80% ya Watanzania wanaishi katika maeneo ya vijijini na hutegemea kilimo. Kilimo kinachangia 45% ya pato la taifa na 30% ya mapato ya taifa ya fedha za kigeni. Ni pamoja na miradi ya maji, usafi wa mazingira na usafi wa mazingira, kuongeza uzalishaji, kipato na ajira kupitia kilimo uzalishaji na masoko.

i. Maji ya mradi

Mradi inatarajia kupunguza muhimu uhaba wa maji kwa ajili ya watu katika maeneo ya mradi. mradi inakusudia kusaidia utekelezaji wa matatizo ya jamii kupitia mikakati kama vile kujenga uwezo kwa ajili ya uelewa kuimarishwa na ushiriki katika utekelezaji wa mradi. kubainisha mradi wanaonyanyaswa na kuweka mikakati ya jamii kwa msaada wao.

mradi ni iliyoundwa kwa namna kwamba ROSDO kuhakikisha ufuatiliaji na tathmini shirikishi kati ya jamii na shirika mpenzi. Kuna nyaraka na kubadilishana uzoefu na mambo ya kujifunza muhimu katika mchakato wa utekelezaji.

ii. Marketing

jamii ni kwa ufahamu wa haki zao za huduma za ugani na soko la wazi kulingana na sera ya Taifa ya masoko na vitendo vya ushirika. Juu ya uwezo wa shirika kujenga wasiwasi wetu ni juu ya masuala makubwa mawili; kwamba kuna ukosefu wa maoni ya pamoja kuhusu ambapo mzunguko wa thamani ya soko ni na nini ni tabia yake muhimu. Hii elimu ndogo ya watendaji wa mnyororo katika nchi ya madereva wa mnyororo zilizopo thamani yaani si mbegu rangi lakini maudhui ya mafuta. World ufuta mzunguko wa thamani imegawanywa katika mbegu thamani kubwa nyeupe na za thamani giza mbegu, na serikali kukuza kodi kutafuta ndani ya mzunguko wa thamani na kupunguza nguvu ya wakulima.

Katika kufanya kazi kwa ajili ya soko wakulima wadogo wadogo, kuimarisha uwezo wa AMCOS 17 unatekelezwa katika mikoa ya Lindi na Mtwara ambapo kushiriki kikamilifu katika kuweka bei na mahitaji kutoka serikali za mitaa kwa ajili ya huduma za ugani

iii.Environmental Conservational mradi

miradi ya kuzingatia kuihusisha jamii katika kuhifadhi tofauti. Kama kilimo ni chanzo msingi wa maisha kwa idadi kubwa ya watu katika eneo la mpango, ni hatari na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na ugavi wa chakula hutegemea kukabiliana na mafanikio. Wakulima ni mafunzo ya kupanda miti, na kufanya dawa za mitaa na mbolea foliar kutoka mimea na kuomba katika mashamba yao. Kumekuwa na kuboresha sana katika mashamba ya wakulima na maombi kama gharama yake kuwa ya chini na salama kwa kutumia ikilinganishwa na pembejeo isokaboni vile.