{"id":"eab2f663-e620-1690-3582-6a59df99a7e6","short_name":"sft","human_readable_name":"Smart Farmers and Transformation (SFT)","dataset_count":2,"created_date":"2026-07-17T07:51:00+00:00","data_portal_url":"","default_licence_id":"","description":"Organizational Background and Legitimacy\nSmart Farmers and Transformation (SFT) is a member-based, organization formed through the consolidation of farmer networks from Karagwe district. These networks previously collaborated with Vi Agroforestry, giving SFT a strong technical foundation in agroforestry, climate resilience, and participatory rural development.\nSFT operates nationally, with deep-rooted presence in Karagwe and Kyerwa districts of the Kagera Region, where it works directly with organized farmer groups, institutions, and local authorities under formal Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs).\n\nVision: \nA society achieving sustainable development, climate resilience, and improved livelihoods through responsible stewardship of natural resources.\n\nMission: \nTo empower smallholder farmers and rural communities through education, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable land management, and environmental conservation, enhancing income, food security, and resilience to climate change.\n\nCore Values\ni.\tTransparency and Truth\nii.\tAccountability\niii.\tIntegrity and Honesty\niv.\tEquality and Inclusion for All\n\nGovernance and Institutional Capacity\nSFT operates under a robust constitutional framework that defines clear roles, checks and balances, and participatory decision-making structures\ni.\tGeneral Assembly – supreme decision-making body\nii.\tBoard Committee – strategic oversight and policy direction\niii.\tExecutive Committee – day-to-day governance\n\nStanding Committees\ni.\tPlanning & Finance\nii.\tTraining & Empowerment\niii.\tMonitoring & Evaluation\nFinancial management follows annual budgeting, internal and external audits, bank-based controls, and annual reporting to members and authorities meeting donor accountability expectations.","exclusions_policy_url":"","first_publication_date":"2026-09-09T09:38:00+00:00","hq_country":"TZ","organisation_identifier":"TZ-NNCB-00NGO0008958","organisation_type":"22","region":"1027","reporting_source_type":null,"website":"http://www.smartfarmer.or.tz"}