About Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank

About Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank

Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) is a state-owned development finance institution established under the Companies Act, 2002 and licensed under the provision of the Banking and Financial Institution Act No 5 of 2006 and the Banking and Financial Institutions (Development Finance) Regulations, 2012 to provide short, medium, and long-term affordable credit facilities for achieving inclusive agriculture sector development in Tanzania.

Vision

To be a champion development finance institution for agricultural transformation in Tanzania.

Mission

To contribute to food security and poverty reduction by catalyzing agricultural transformation through innovative financing solutions that develop sustainable and inclusive agricultural value chains.

Core Values

  • Integrity – Upholding transparency, accountability, and ethical standards.
  • Learning & Innovation – Embracing creativity and continuous improvement.
  • Professionalism – Demonstrating competence and responsibility.
  • Teamwork – Working collaboratively towards common goals.
  • Diversity & Inclusion – Respecting and leveraging varied perspectives.

Broad Goals

  1. Contributing to the achievement of food self-sufficiency and security.
  2. Transformation of agriculture from subsistence to commercial in order to effectively and sustainably contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.

Thematic Priorities (Impact Areas)

  1. Catalyzing Finance to Agriculture – Play a leading role  as an apex agricultural development bank and catalyze banks and financial institutions to increase financing to agriculture.
  2. Value Chain Development – (i)Facilitate investment in productive infrastructure, mechanization, facilities of crop storage, processing, logistics, commodity trade and (ii) promote commercialization of small scale farmers.
  3. Climate Change and Climate Smart Agriculture – Enhance the capabilities of small-scale farmers, farmers cooperatives SME's  and other actors to respond to challenges of climate change.
  4. Financial Inclusion – Enhance access to finance, productive assets and markets for women and youth in agriculture and agribusiness.
  5. Capacity to Deliver – (i) Leverage partnerships and mobilize financial resources for agricultural financing; and (ii)Enhance TADB's capacity to deliver by expanding service outreach, investing in people and systems, enhancing governance, compliance and risk management.