Unite Food program (UFP) is a social enterprise owned and chiefly operated by Tanzanian women whose mission is to empower poor small-scale farmers with a secure market for their crops and fair market prices as well as to provide healthy, tasty, and affordable staple food options to all Tanzanian people. We have secured a partnership with A to Z Textile Mills Ltd. to provide UFP partner farmers with advanced technology -- multi-layered hermetically sealed, pest resistant grain storage bags -- which allows UFP farmers to safely store freshly harvested crops without spoilage for over a year. Additionally, we have built the UFP headquarters — a food processing plant and distribution center — in Dar es Salaam, and we have openedone UFP “Outpost” in the extremely remote village of Sumbawanga in western Tanzania not far from the Zambian border.
WHO BENEFITS FROM UNITE FOOD PROGRAM?
Small-Scale Farmers
Receive a secure market for their organic crops at an above-market price; two extra AgroZ® Bag (gifted by Unite) to use to store their crops to provide
food for their families and to serve as a “bank” for future needs and emergencies; and trainings in agribusiness optimization techniques and approaches.
Unite Scholars & their Families
Receive, as possible, a market for their cash crops, and real-world experience in agribusiness by working with UFP in various capacities.
Entrepreneurial Tanzanian Women
Unite Food Program is and owned and chiefly operated by Tanzanian women. And while we do have a few great men involved, UFP aims to employ and empower as many women as possible throughout the entire UFP supply chain... Farm to table.
Consumers
Receive organic, high quality & affordable UFP food items, all grown and stored with no chemicals or pesticides.
As of 2023, UFP’s maize flour is now foritfied with essential micronutrients to help combat malnutrition and stunting.
Unite the World With Africa Foundation
Receives a percentage of UFP’s net profits through UFP’s corporate social responsibility campaign (CSR), empowering Unite to further grow our foundation’s mission to: “Provide opportunities for impoverished and marginalized youth and women to thrive and prosper by investing in a development quality education, health, leadership & business development programs.”
THE SECRET SAUCE: Hermetic Storage Technology (HST) AgroZ® BaG
Designed and manufactured by A to Z Textile Mills Limited in Arusha, Tanzania, the AgroZ® Bag are “multi-layered hermetic storage technology bags designed for the storage of maize, sorghum, rice, millet, and beans to protect against insects pests without using any pesticide dusts.” A single 100kg bag can safely store food items for more than a year and be reused up to three seasons, providing farmers with a secure, portable, and affordable option through which to store their harvests, for personal use and to use for cash crops. Unite is excited about UFP’s partnership with A to Z, which is one of the largest manufacturing companies in East Africa. In addition to providing the AgroZ® Bag, A to Z will also produce UFP’s packaging materials and provide agri-business training materials and expertise for our Unite Scholars and their families as well as all UFP partner farmers. A to Z is most widely known for its design and manufacturing of the Olyset®Net insecticide-treated mosquito net. Unite has worked with A to Z in past years to blanket villages with these bed nets. A to Z also partners with such leading international organizations as the CDC, Acumen Fund, PSI, and USAID, among many others, in the global fight against malaria.
