1. Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

2. Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.

3. Increase local community, civil society

Agriculture occupies a very important place in the lives of Tanzanians as well the national economy. It provides full time employment to over 70 per cent of the population as well as the bulk of the food we consume. It is estimated that Tanzania enjoys 100.55 per cent self-sufficiency in food and, in better years, is a net exporter of grains and cereals. Agriculture's contribution to GNP averages 50 per cent while bringing in approximately 66 per cent of foreign exchange apart from providing raw materials for local industries. Available

HIGHLIGHTS
- Tanzania exports a record volume of maize through informal trade as fears of trade ban loom.

- Retail maize prices continue to rise, signifying dwindling stocks in most parts of the region.

- Rice and bean trade resurge but overall trade still significantly lower than last season

RECORD EXPORT OF MAIZE BY TANZANIA

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In Brief

CHF 31,364 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE FEDERATION'S DISASTER RELIEF EMERGENCY FUND (DREF) TO ASSIST SOME 54 HOUSEHOLDS FOR 3 MONTHS AND FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED STRUCTURES.

UNEARMARKED FUNDS TO REPAY DREF ARE ENCOURAGED.

The situation

Appeal No. 05AA004; Programme Update no. 2; Period covered: October 2005 to November 2005; Appeal coverage: 68.9%; Outstanding needs: CHF 816,643 (USD662, 441 or EUR 527,717) - based on the revised appeal budget.

Appeal target: CHF 2,459,813 (USD1,953,800 or EUR 1584,400)

Here are some key facts about the tsunami relief and rebuilding effort, which the United Nations says was the most generous and most immediately funded international emergency relief effort ever.

- Total damages: $10.73 billion; rebuilding costs: $10.375 billion.

Update of Seasonal Outlooks at One-Month Lead

January -- March 2006 Southern Africa

The outlook for Jan-Mar 2006 southern Africa rainfall at one month lead shows a low to moderate tilt in the odds favoring below average rainfall over Namibia, portions of southern Angola, southern Botswana, Swaziland, portions of southern Mozambique, the Maize Triangle and the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and locally over southern Madagascar. There is a tilt in the odds favoring above average rainfall locally over northern Angola, portions of eastern Zambia, northern