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| Mr. Edwin Mtei, Member of the TaCRI Board of Directors, presenting a Coffee Maker & Encyclopedia on Coffee to The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete during his visit to Kilimanjaro, August 9, 2007. |
Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI),
incorporated in 2000 as a company limited by guarantee and without share
capital under the Companies Ordinance (CAP. 212), became legally
constituted and operational in September 2001 with the major objective
of rejuvenating the Tanzania coffee industry, placing new emphasis on
stakeholder-led, demand-driven research for development.
The power to carry out the operations and management of the Institute are vested in the Board of Directors, through its Chief Executive Director.
The power to carry out the operations and management of the Institute are vested in the Board of Directors, through its Chief Executive Director.
For more details see the TaCRI Memorandum & Articles of Association.
The major objective of TaCRI is rejuvenation of the
Tanzania coffee industry, placing a new emphasis on the role of
stakeholder-led and client demand-driven RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT.
The Institute provides a crucial public service to stakeholders in the
country’s coffee industry by providing coffee producers with relevant
and practical technological innovations and advice that will improve
productivity and quality but also enhance profitability and livelihoods
for coffee producers and increased competitiveness of Tanzanian coffee
on the world market.
Ownership
TaCRI is owned by the stakeholders who it is
serving. These include small and large-scale coffee farmers, cooperative
societies and unions dealing in coffee, coffee processors, coffee
traders, relevant NGOs, the private sector, and the Tanzanian
Government.
Funding
TaCRI is a non-profit organisation. Therefore, it
derives its income from its members contribution through cess,
government and donor contributions; collaborative activities; and the
sale of materials and services (e.g. plant materials and publications).
TaCRI Focus
For any organisation or business to succeed, it is
very important to have a clear focus against which activities can be
planned and progress can be judged.
In September 2001 when TaCRI was launched, the
team’s first task was to define the organisation’s focus. Through a
collective process involving all personnel within the new organisation, a
clear set of values and objectives was produced against which TaCRI
base its management and operational working practice.
Our Values
TaCRI is committed to operating in line with the following key values:
- Strong demand driven technology development and dissemination which meet the needs of its stakeholders and are market focused.
- Enlightened leadership
- Excellence and high standards of performance.
- A sense of urgency
- Mutual respect and trust amongst all levels of staff.
- Cost consciousness.
- Team work
- Spirit of partnership
- Alleviation of poverty and improvement of the livelihoods of coffee growers.
Our Vision
TaCRI’s vision is to contribute to the transformation of the Tanzania coffee industry to sustainable prosperity.
Our Mission
The Institute will achieve this vision by developing
and disseminating appropriate technologies to improve coffee
productivity and quality in Tanzania within a supportive policy
framework. The desired result is for increased competitiveness of
Tanzanian coffee on the world market, and ultimately increased incomes,
reduction of poverty, and improvement in the livelihoods of coffee
growers.
Our Goal
TaCRI’s goal is to create a profitable and sustainable coffee industry in Tanzania.
Achieving our Goal
TaCRI will operate within the following parameters:
- Work closely with all coffee stakeholders to create a shared vision of what can realistically be achieved.
- Organise our resources effectively and efficiently to meet stakeholders’ needs
- Strive to have a coffee research institute that is well managed, financially viable, offers quality, is forward thinking and renowned both nationally and internationally.
- Attract, motivate and retain a team of excelling scientists, other professionals and supporting staff
- Concentrate on the development of technologies that are aimed at solving existing or foreseeable problems to the coffee industry.
- Ensure that all innovations are quickly and effectively communicated to the end users.
- Forge mutually beneficial, national, regional and international partnerships.
- Continuously monitor and review progress and achievements
