Food security under threat in Tanzania- Devt Partners


...25, 000 households sacked

ABUJA- Development partners in the agricultural sector have raised alarm over food crisis following massive floods in Tanzania, which threatens food security as over 25,000 households have been sacked.
This was discovered when 13 representatives of international development partners visited the flood ravaged region Dodoma for on the spot assessment of the weather situation and how to proffer solution to the devastation also known as El Niño.
According to Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, in Tanzania, the visit was necessary as torrential rains have rendered 25, 000 households homeless and thrown them into food crisis in the region.

The annual visit came at a time when many East and Southern African countries, including Tanzania, were facing the effects of climate change and recent weather phenomenon such as El Niño. Dodoma region in particular is one of six regions severely affected by El Niño together with Arusha, Mara, Morogoro, Mwanza, and Shinyanaga.

The 13 international development partners collectively known as the Agriculture Development Partners, ADP, or Agriculture Working Group, AWG, on the field visit include the Irish Aid, Japan International Cooperation Agency, European Union, Canada, Swiss Development Cooperation, Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation.

Others were World Bank, AGRA, African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, World Food Programme, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Fund for Agricultural Development.

While in the field, the participants obtained first-hand knowledge regarding local responses to challenges associated with food security, flood and drought preparedness, and implementation of district agriculture development plans.

They also held discussions with the National Food Reserve Agency and the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute.

However, they met with the Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, to review progress in the formulation of the forthcoming second phase of the Agriculture Sector Development Programme, ADP, and discuss public financing for the agriculturesector.

Every year, A DPs organise field visits to specific areas in the country to discuss and learn together about agriculture development and challenges.

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