ASDP Basket Fund - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

4 Planning and budgetingThe final stage in planning and budgeting at a national level is when ASLMsincorporate the approved ASDP work plan into their respective annual operatingplans and MTEFs. Once the ASLMs MTEF budgets have been approved by theParliament, then it is the responsibility of DPPs in collaboration with their respectiveChief Accountants to post the annual budget onto the IFMS. If it is necessary duringthe course of the year to revise the budget, for example, to cover unforeseen costs,over expenditure or redirect funds from one budget item to another, the followingprocedures must be followed:• Warrant Holders write through the DPP to the PS formally requesting abudget revision• Requests for revisions should provide details of the accounts for whichrevisions are requested, reasons for the revisions, the original budgetedamount and proposed revised amounts• If revisions are acceptable to the PS, the proposals are submitted to theASDP Basket Fund Steering Committee for ratification• The proposal for revisions is forwarded to the MoF for subsequent approvalby Parliament as per Section 51 (1) – (9) of the Public Finance Regulations• Thereafter relevant adjustments are made to budget line items on theIFMS.4.3 The planning and budgeting procedures at LGA levelPlanning for ASDP at the LGA level is in the context of the District DevelopmentPlan (DDP). The, plans are prepared on a sector-wide basis and according to PMO-RALG participatory planning procedures. They are built up through communityparticipation and incorporated into DADPs, which are in turn consolidated within therespective DDPs.Under component 1 - Local Level Support, both recurrent and developmentexpenditure are amenable for funding. In particular, ASDP finances:• Technical services at district level, especially extension services for cropsand livestock• Investment activity at the district level.Government of the United Republic of Tanzania27