Pamoja na taarifa yake nzuri Mh Anan na tunampenda sana muono wake na jitihada zake nzuri lakini sisi watanzania na waafrika kwa ujumla ni mavuvuzela.
Tujiulize-walipoondoka wazungu wakoloni Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique-wale waafrica waliokuwa wanaendesha matreka, wanalima mashamba ya wakoloni walifanya nini? Walitumia ule ujuzi kujilimia mashamba yao, kujiunga vikundi na kujikwamua?-ni kukimbilia S.Africa kuwa kibarua ktk mashamba.Mashamba TZ ya mamlaka mbali mbali yapo yanaota misitu, kuvamiwa kuuzwa kiwizi, kujengwa nyumba-matajiri wetu waliopo wanafanya nini?
Unahimiza viongozi wa kisiasa wa Afrika kuchukua hatua kupunguza ukosefu wa usawa kwa kuwekeza katika kilimo.mifano mingi TZ- upo next to mkulima mzuri huigi wala hulimi ila unakuwa wakwanza kumuibia mazao. Unalima kizamani. Yupo Bunju ardhi imemzunguka ktk nyumba yake-mchicha ananunua daily hawezi kushika tope kulima kisha analalamika umasikini. Kokwa la embe analitupa jalalani na anaona mwembe kwa jirani-anakwenda kuomba kuokota embe au kununua.
Sokoine University ya Kilimo na Mifugo, wanafika baadhi ya vijiji kusaidia shamba darasa, mbuzi, ng'ombe wa mfano wa kisasa, maembe mafupi, mtama wenye miba usioliwa na ndege; kuzalisha mbegu bora za soya, maharage, mahindi etc-hatuendelezi.Ikiisha demonstration nasi tumeishia. Hakuna tena shamba darasa-tunataka posho ya semina.
Nenda Arusha USA River-kituo cha Mifugo au Ngerengere Livestock Management Unit (LMU) Moro Rural-kuna mimbuzi na migombe ya kisasa na mbegu kupandikiza. hakuna wanakijiji waigao au kufuga kisasa wateja wanatoka mbali sana. Next to LMU ni wafugaji wahamaji na malundo ya mifugo ambayo huvamia pia ardhi ya mifugo ya LMU ambapo hukamatwa na kufungiwa zizini bila ya kula walipe uharibifu. Na huko ardhi ni kubwa mashamba ya katani ya zamani ekari na ekari yanatokezea Kisarawe. Wapo kufuga kienyeji na kulishia mashamba ambayo yanazalisha hasa mpunga, nyanya, bamia, maharage etc wao ni kuharibu mito na green farms za wenzao kwao Arusha, Mwanza wanalima maharage etc na kuuza na kujenda lodges etc.
Tutaporwa mali asili ikiwa 'hatujitumi hata kama serikali ina sera, sheria na mikakati mizuri. Serikali itakubali wawekezaji waje na kupora kwa vile sisi hatujitumi.Tukipewa fursa hatuzitumii ipasavyo. Akina Dangote wataongezeka kutoka nchi za mbali na kila mtu akizaa mtoto atamwita Dangote. Na sasa wageni wakifika kwanza wanaoa, wanajenga ili wapate kuzifaidi zaidi raslimali. Wamegundua kuoa inarahisisha na kuondoa utata wa kumiliki mali na kuwekeza TZ. Nasi tunasheherekea kuolewa na kugawa ardhi.
Mifano mingi TZ katika UVUVI-Miradi ya IUCN, WWF Tanzania imesaidia sana lakini hatuchukuliki. Ukienda Kilwa IUCN na wa msaada wengine wamesaidia uhifadhi mikoko na kuweka fish ponds za baharini kwenye mikoko ambapo kina mama, vijana badala ya kukata na kuuza mikoko kusafirisha kwenda baharini-wanafuga na kuuza samaki kokote watakako. Lakini, bado watatafuta easy come easy go.
Tongoni-Pangani-mradi wa kuhifadhi mikoko na samaki, patrol shirikishi baharini na marine police-wameona mafanikio mazalia ya samaki kuongezeka-lakini ni kupambana wenyewe kwa wenyewe wale watakao rahisi rahisi kuvua kwa baruti na kukata mikoko.
Bagamoyo ndio usiseme mikoko kwisha. Vibari vya kutengeneza gramsalt kwa kuchemsha maji bahari kwa kutumia mikoko ambayo wananchi walikuwa hawakati mikoko mibishi bali mikavy kwa kuni na vibabu vikivua dagaa, kambale bahari, hombwa ktk mikoko. Ukainginzwa Mwani wauze ili mikoko ipone-wapi balaa. Huko kigamboni na dar Hotel budi ikate Mikoko iweke beach ya maraha na tunawaachia wanajenga mpaka majini na kufunga njia za wavuvi wadodo wadogo coastal areas zote ni tatizo-Tumelogwa. Sheria ya mazingira imetekwa nyara na wakubwa wanaona.
Mafia ndio usiseme-WWF-IUCF wametoa boat za uvuvi, mikopo ya wavuvi wadodo wadogo kwa mamilioni, vifaa mafriza, mafriji, ice boxes kwa wavuvi waweze kutuza samaki na kusafirisha. Fuatilia uone kinachoendelea-tumelogwa. Wachache au vikundi vichache ndio vimefanya vizuri. Ugomvi wa kuvua ndani ya Mafia Marine Park wanakozaliwa samaki wa east and S. africa ulifikia kiwango kibaya ya usalama. Hatubebeki-tumelogwa vibaya.
Tukitoka hapo baada ya kujiharibia-tunaagiza samaki zilizooza kutoka nchi za mbali, zinafika zinatupwa dampo-uonevu, tunaonewa na GVT. Mabwaya ya samaki vijijini-yameishia. Lijenge kwa sasa kama hutokaribisha wafugaji na mifugo yao wajazane, wataingiza mifugo yao kisha uchapwe bakora uishie na kesi usishinde ufungwe wewe. Kesi hizo Morogoro rural-kichefuchefu na mabwawa wanayoingiza mifugo ni ya maji ya kunywa funded by TASAF, 20% wamechangia wanakijiji, anapigwa bakora mpaka mwenyekiti wa kijiji. Nenda Kidunda na Chanyumbu village, Matuli-Ngerengere Division utaipata hii live uone kama hatujalogwa.
Na mifugo imejaa Ruvu River, kinyesi kibao mtoni na imepanda mpaka vyanzo vya maji mto Mvuha, Ruvu, Mkulazi, Mgeta milimani. Samaki utazitoa wapi wakati mpaka mamba amehama mtoni anakimbia wingi wa mifugo!!
Japanese funded Improve Rice Irrigation Scheme Bagamoyo na vijiji vya Tarafa ya Mikumi scheme kama hivyo ndani huko kuelekea Malolo Mifugo imejaa mbapo ndio Rice, Vitunguu ununuavyo Mikumi barabarani vinakotoka. Livestock ndani ya mabirika ya kilimo. bagamoyo mradi wa wakulima wenye malori, matrekta, majengo, maofisi-mifugo imehamia ndani ya wetlands mabirika ya kilimo. Green Revolution gani bila kufanya masikini anavyoelekezwa kufanya bila wengine kuingiza ubabe na uharibifu.
Tuambie kuchangia arusi-kwa mamilioni, tuchangie trekta, power tiller, kumchangia mtu ming'ombe aoe mke poa. Uboreshaji traditional irrigation system-hapana na majembe hayo hayo tunaweza kuchimba mitaro kama hiyo itakiwayo kama kuna mtu katupa kibarua. Tukimaliza kibarua-pombe, sio kufanya hivyo mashambani kwetu.
Africa ni vita tu ndio tija kwetu sasa biashara ni kukamata visichana na kuviuza Mungu ameagiza boko haram wafanye hivyo.
Hiyo samaki ni kitu gani, meli za uvuvi zinaingia kuvua kwetu, ukifuatilia zile meli jioni vijana wanapeleka mashoga na changudoa melini, wanapeleka na vyupa vya konyagi, kesho wanakwenda kuwarudisha hao wadada na vijana waliosurubiwa huko na wanajaziwa samaki ktk boat yao kibao ambao wao hawawahitaji. Biashara hii ipo na inatajirisha watu, licha ile ya kuvua kwa kutumia sumu. Unapoboresha uvuvi-usalama maziwa, mtoni, baharini unakuwa mdogo kutokana na ujambazi unaofanywa na sisi wenyewe wananchi masikini nchini na kuwasaidia wa nchi jirani. Kisha ukiwekwa ndani-unakumbatia bendera ya nchi uchi eti unaonewa wakati umeua watu kibao na kuwatia vilema.
Kutokana na uporaji na ubakaji vijijini wanawake kwenda shamba peke yao wanaogopa, kila mmoja sasa anauza maandazi, mama ntilie kila nyumba vijiji na pombe. nao hao ndio wakulima tegemewa. wakulima vi wazee vijana-pikipiki, bodaboda vijijini lakini mahindi yakiwa tayari wanakwenda kuiba usiku kujaza malori kuleta DSM na miji mingine.
Unsustainable farming practices ndio kabisa zinaharibu mazingira ardhi ipo tupo, kavu, mmomonyoko. Green Revolution, food security, poverty alleviation ni ndoto kama hatokubali kubadilika, kukubali kuzingatia matumizi endelevu na raslimali, kukubali kukaguliwa mashamba jinsi ulimavyo na matajiri wetu kujiunga kufanya kweli kuwa na mikataba na wakulima, wafugaji na kugharimia pia extensio services kwa wateja wao kisha kununua mazao yao ya baharini na nchi kavu.
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Uporaji wa sekta za mbao na uvuvi unaizuia Afrika isiendelee - Kofi Annan
Ripoti ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika ya mwaka huu inawahimiza viongozi wa Afrika kupambana na ukosefu wa usawa na kuitaka jamii ya ulimwengu kukabiliana na uporaji wa rasilimali za bara hili.
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8, 2014/ -- Rasilimali za Afrika zenye utajiri mwingi zinatoa nafasi ya kipekee ya ufanisi katika uimarishaji wa maisha ya raia wa Afrika, yasema ripoti mpya kubwa iliyozinduliwa leo na Kofi Annan, Katibu Mkuu wa zamani wa Umoja wa Mataifa, lakini mara nyingi sana rasilimali hizi huporwa na maafisa wafisadi pamoja na wawekezaji wa kigeni. Aidha, Ripoti hii inaonyesha kwamba kuongezeka kwa ukosefu wa usawa vilevile kunaizuia Afrika isiikamate nafasi hii ya maendeleo.
Photo Kofi Annan: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1052 (Kofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel)
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Ripoti hii ya 2014 ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org), Nafaka, Samaki, Pesa: Kugharamia mageuzi ya Kijani kibichi na Samawati, inawahimiza viongozi wa kisiasa wa Afrika kuchukua hatua hususa sasa ili kupunguza ukosefu wa usawa kwa kuwekeza katika kilimo. Pia, inataka hatua ya kimataifa kuchukuliwa ili kukomesha kile kinachotajwa kuwa uporaji wa sekta za mbao na uvuvi.
"Baada ya zaidi ya mwongo mmoja wa ukuzi, kuna mengi ya kushangilia," Bwana Annan atawaambia viongozi wa kisiasa na wa kibiashara, wakati wa kuzinduliwa kwa ripoti hii katika mkutano wa Baraza la Kiuchumi la Ulimwengu kwa Afrika (World Economic Forum for Africa). "Lakini ni wakati wa kuuliza kwa nini ukuzi mkubwa wa jinsi hii haujasaidia hata kidogo kuwainua watu kutoka katika umasikini na kwa nini utajiri mwingi wa Afrika umeharibiwa kupitia mazoea ya ufisadi na uwekezaji usio mnyoofu."
"Afrika ni bara lenye utajiri mwingi, kwa hivyo ni kwa nini fungu la Afrika katika utapiamlo ulimwenguni, na idadi ya vifo vya watoto inaongezeka haraka jinsi hii? Jibu ni kwamba ukosefu wa usawa unadhoofisha uhusiano kati ya ukuzi wa kiuchumi na maendeleo katika hali ya maisha ya watu," alisema Bw. Annan.
Hata ingawa wastani wa mapato umeongezeka kwa theluthi moja katika mwongo uliopita, kuna Waafrika wengi zaidi sasa wanaoishi katika umasikini-takriban milioni 45- zaidi ya waliokuwepo katika mwisho wa miaka ya 1990. Malengo mapya ya kimaendeleo huenda yakajaribu kuodoa umasikini Afrika kufikia mwaka wa 2030 - lakini kwa mkondo wa sasa, Mwafrika mmoja kati ya Watano bado atakuwa akiishi katika umasikini mwaka huo utakapofika.
Bw. Annan, ambaye aliathiri kwa kiwango kikubwa Malengo ya Maendeleo ya Milenia, asema: " Mbali na kuahidi kutimiza malengo makuu, nchi zinapojiunga na mfumo huu mpya wa kimaendeleo ulimwenguni zinapaswa kuahidi pia kupunguza mapengo yasiyoweza kutetewa katika bara hili, kati ya matajiri na masikini, maeneo ya vijijini na mijini, wanaume na wanawake."
Waandishi wa ripoti hii wanatambulisha kilimo kuwa msingi wa ukuzi ambao utapunguza umasikini. Wanadhihirisha kwamba masikini wengi wa Afrika wanaishi na kufanya kazi katika maeneo ya vijijini, na kwa wingi ni wakulima wadogo wadogo.
"Nchi ambazo zimejengwa juu ya misingi ya sekta bora za kilimo - kama vile Ethiopia na Rwanda- zimeonyesha kwamba maeneo ya vijijini yanaweza kuwa kichocheo kikubwa cha ukuzi wa pamoja na upunguzaji wa umasikini," Bw. Annan atasema katika uzinduzi.
Ripoti hii inahimiza kuwe na "mageuzi ya kijani kibichi ya Kiafrika," ambayo yanadondoa masomo kutoka kwa mageuzi ya bara la Asia na kubadilishwa ili kufaa hali za Afrika.
Kwa wakati huu, gharama ya uingizaji wa chakula kutoka nchi za nje ni dola za kimarekani bilioni 35, kwa sababu kilimo cha ndani kimekumbwa na uzalishaji wa kiwango cha chini, ukosefu wa uwekezaji, na ujitengaji wa kimaeneo. Kuongezeka kwa uwekezaji katika miundombinu na utafiti kunaweza kuinua kwa kiwango kikubwa mavuno ya eneo hili na mapato ya wakulima. Kwa wakati huo huo, kuondoa vikwazo vya kibiashara ndani ya Afrika kunaweza kufungua soko mpya.
Hata ingawa ripoti hii inakosoa viongozi wa Afrika, Ripoti ya 2014 ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika inaipa changamoto jamii ya kimataifa kuunga mkono jitihada za kimaendeleo za Afrika. Inadhihirisha kwamba sekta za kilimo na mbao ndizo sekta mbili muhimu zinazohitaji kuimarishwa ili kupambana na uporaji wa rasilimali za asili.
Uvuvi haramu, usiodhibitiwa na usioripotiwa umefikia kiwango cha juu kupindukia katika maji ya pwani ya Afrika. Afrika Magharibi hupoteza takriban dola za kimarekani bilioni 1.3 kila mwaka. Zaidi ya gharama za kifedha, uporaji huu huangamiza jamii za kivuvi ambazo hupoteza nafasi muhimu za uvuvi, utayarishaji na uuzaji wa samaki. Dola zingine bilioni 17 hupotezwa kupitia ukataji haramu wa miti.
"Uporaji wa rasilimali ni wizi uliopangwa na unaofichwa kwa hila katika biashara. Meli za biashara za uvuvi za kigeni, ambazo husajiliwa katika nchi za Kiafrika kwa hila, na kupakua samaki katika bandari ambazo hazirekodi mapato yao, hazina maadili," alisema Bw. Annan, akiongeza kwamba shughuli hizi haramu hukuza tatizo la ukwepaji wa kodi na kampuni bandia. Ripoti ya 2014 ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika inahimiza kuwepo kwa usimamizi wenye wahusika wengi wa sekta ya uvuvi ambao utatekeleza vikwazo juu ya meli ambazo hazisajili na kuripoti mapato yao. Ripoti hii aidha inazihimiza serikali ulimwenguni pote kuidhinisha Makubaliano ya Port State Measures, mkataba ambao unalenga kuwazuia waporaji kupakua mapato yao haramu katika bandari.
Viongozi wa kisiasa wa Afrika wameshindwa kusimamia rasilimali za asili kwa masilahi ya wanaozimiliki kihalisi- watu wa Afrika. Pamoja na kupoteza pesa kupitia uporaji na usimamizi mbaya wa kifedha, Waafrika wanapoteza pesa za kigeni, si ambapo wafadhili wanapokosa kuweka hadi zao tu, bali pia wakati Waafrika wanaoishi katika nchi za kigeni wanapotuma pesa kwa familia zao. Inakadiriwa kwamba kila mwaka bara hupoteza zaidi ya dola za kimarekani bilioni 1.85 katika ada za kupindikia zinazotozwa kwa huduma hizi.
Zikiwa na mapato makubwa ya rasilimali, serikali za Afrika sasa zina nafasi ya kutengeneza mifumo bora ya kodi – na kutumia pesa za umma vizurikwa njia ya usawa, ripoti hii inaongeza. Kwa mfano, asilimia 3 ya pato la jumla la eneo (GDP) kwa sasa huelekezwa kwa ruzuku za nishati ambazo kwa sehemu kubwa huenda kwa watu wa tabaka la kati kati. Pesa hizo zinapaswa kugeuzwa na kupelekwa kwa matumizi ya jamii ili kuwapa masikini nafasi bora ya kutoroka mtego wa umasikini.
"Uwezo wa Afrika wa kukabiliana na hali ngumu, na ubunifu ni mkubwa," asema Bw. Annan. "Tuna idadi kubwa ya vijana wenye nguvu. Wajasiriamali wetu wanatumia teknolojia kubadilisha maisha ya watu. Tuna rasilimali za kutosha kulisha si sisi tu bali na maeneo mengine pia. Ni wakati kwa viongozi wa Afrika - na wawekezaji shirika wenye uwajibikaji - kuibua uwezekano huu mkubwa."
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the Africa Progress Panel (APP).
Ikisimamiwa na Kofi Annan, Katibu Mkuu wa zamani wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Jopo hili lenye watu kumi hutetea, katika viwango vya juu sana, maendeleo endelevu na yenye usawa barani Afrika. Jopo hili hutoa chapisho lake kuu, Ripoti ya Maendeleo ya Afrika, kila mwaka mwezi Mei. (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org)
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Plunder of timber and fisheries is holding Africa back - Kofi Annan
This year's Africa Progress Report calls on African leaders to tackle inequality and demands global community tackle plunder of continent's natural resources
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8, 2014/ -- Africa's rich natural resources offer a unique opportunity for a breakthrough in improving the lives of Africa's citizens, says a major new report launched today by Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General, but too often these resources are plundered by corrupt officials and foreign investors. Rising inequality is also blocking Africa from seizing that opportunity, the report shows.
Download the Report: http://www.apo-mail.org/APP_Summary_EN.pdf
Photo Kofi Annan: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1052 (Kofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel)
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The 2014 Africa Progress Panel report (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org), Grain, Fish, Money: Financing Africa's green and blue revolutions, calls on Africa's political leaders to take concrete measures now to reduce inequality by investing in agriculture. It also demands international action to end what it describes as the plunder of Africa's timber and fisheries.
"After more than a decade of growth, there is plenty to celebrate," Mr Annan will say when he releases the report. "But it is time to ask why so much growth has done so little to lift people out of poverty – and why so much of Africa's resource wealth is squandered through corrupt practices and unscrupulous investment activities."
"Africa is a continent of great wealth so why is Africa's share of global malnutrition and child deaths rising so fast? The answer is that inequality is weakening the link between economic growth and improvements in wellbeing," he said.
Although average income has risen by one-third in the past decade, there are more Africans living in poverty now – around 415 million – than at the end of the 1990s. New global development goals are likely to aim to eradicate poverty by 2030 – but on current trends, one African in five will still be in poverty when that deadline arrives.
Mr Annan, who played a central role in shaping the Millennium Development Goals, says: "When countries sign up to the new global development framework, they should pledge not only to meet ambitious targets but also to narrow the region's indefensible gaps between rich and poor, urban and rural, and men and women."
The report's authors identify agriculture as the key to growth that reduces poverty. They point out that most of Africa's poor live and work in rural areas, predominantly as smallholder farmers. "Countries that have built growth on the foundations of a vibrant agricultural sector – such as Ethiopia and Rwanda – have demonstrated that the rural sector can act as a powerful catalyst for inclusive growth and poverty reduction," Mr Annan will say at the launch.
The report calls for a "uniquely African green revolution" that adapts the lessons provided by Asia to African conditions. Africa currently imports US$35 billion worth of food because local agriculture is dogged by low productivity, chronic underinvestment, and regional protectionism. Increased investment in infrastructure and research could dramatically raise the region's yields and the incomes of farmers. Meanwhile, eliminating the barriers that restrict trade within Africa could open up new markets.
While critical of African governments, the Africa Progress Report 2014 also challenges the international community to support the region's development efforts. It highlights fisheries and logging as two areas in which strengthened multilateral rules are needed to combat the plunder of natural resources.
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing has reached epidemic proportions in Africa's coastal waters. West Africa is conservatively estimated to lose US$1.3 billion annually. Beyond the financial cost this plunder destroys fishing communities who lose critical opportunities to fish, process and trade. Another US$17 billion is lost through illicit logging activities.
"Natural resource plunder is organized theft disguised as commerce. Commercial trawlers that operate under flags of convenience, and unload in ports that do not record their catch, are unethical," Mr Annan said, adding that these criminal activities compound the problem of tax evasion and shell companies. The Africa Progress Report 2014 calls for a multilateral fisheries regime that applies sanctions to fishing vessels that do not register and report their catches. The report also calls on governments around to world to ratify the Port State Measures Agreement, a treaty that seeks to thwart the poachers in port from unloading their ill-gotten gains.
African political leaders have failed to manage natural resources in the interests of the true owners of those resources – the African people.
As well as losing money through natural resource plunder and financial mismanagement, Africans miss out on money from abroad, not only when aid donors fail to keep their promises but even when those in the African diaspora send remittances home to their families. It is estimated that that the continent is losing US$1.85 billion a year because money transfer operators are imposing excessive charges on remittances.
With greater resource revenue, African governments now have the opportunity to develop more effective taxation systems – and spend public money more fairly, the report adds. For example, 3 per cent of regional GDP is currently allocated to energy subsidies that principally go to the middle class. That money should be diverted into social spending to give the poor a better chance of escaping the poverty trap.
"Africa's resilience and creativity are enormous," Mr Annan says. "We have a rising and energetic youth population. Our dynamic entrepreneurs are using technology to transform people's lives. We have enough resources to feed not just ourselves but other regions, too. It is time for Africa's leaders – and responsible investment partners – to unlock this huge potential."
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the Africa Progress Panel (APP).
Chaired by Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, the ten-member Africa Progress Panel (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org) advocates at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. The Panel releases its flagship publication, the Africa Progress Report, every year in May.
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