Maize is the main staple crop in Tanzania. Rice and beans are also very important, the latter constituting the main source of protein for most low- and middle-income households. Dar es Salaam is the...
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Financial services for rural poor vital, say Queen Máxima and top UN officials
Tanzania trip ends with calls for more joint efforts on financial inclusion and food security 13 December 2013, Dar es Salaam/Dodoma/Rome - Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands finished a...
Hepatitis E in Tanzania
5 December 2013 -- The previously reported unknown illness in Buhigwe District, Kigoma Region of the United Republic of Tanzania, has been confirmed to be due to Hepatitis E virus. Fifteen out of 46...
In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio
By SARIKA BANSAL ARUSHA, Tanzania How do you share ideas – including potentially transformative ones – with people who do not have Internet access, are largely illiterate, and live far from paved...
Tanzania Remote Monitoring Update, November 2013
Vuli rains start late with low rainfall totals to date KEY MESSAGES All markets across the country are sufficiently stocked with a variety of staple foods, and acute food insecurity is Minimal (IPC...
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Conditions for many migrants expelled from Tanzania "Dire" says IOM
Kenya - While expulsions of undocumented migrants from Tanzania have tapered off, conditions for many Burundian, Rwandan and Ugandan migrants now stranded in border transit centres are deteriorating...
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From refugee to returnee to asylum seeker: Burundian refugees struggle to find protection in the Great Lakes region
Today, the International Refugee Rights Initiative is launching a briefing paper, From refugee to returnee to asylum seeker: Burundian refugees struggle to find protection in the Great Lakes region...
Protecting Tanzania’s Farmers from Weather Extremes
By Kizito Makoye MOROGORO, Tanzania, Nov 14 2013 (IPS) - When Habiba Msoga from Kiroka village, in Tanzania’s Morogoro Region, first began applying a method of rice cultivation that was different...
Zanzibar fights a hidden hunger with iodized salt
By Sandra Bisin With a strategy spanning farm to salt shaker, community to government, Zanzibar is on track to eliminate the hidden, but devastating, problem of iodine deficiency. PEMBA ISLAND,...
GIEWS Country Brief: United Republic of Tanzania 08-November-2013
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Planting of 2013 “vuli” crops is underway in northern areas where erratic rains are affecting crop establishment Very high maize prices registered in most local markets Tighter...
Analysis: The poisoned chalice of Tanzania’s land deals
IRINGA, 7 November 2013 (IRIN) - For more than a decade Tanzania has been wooing foreign investors to help modernize and reinvigorate its agricultural sector - which engages about 80 percent of the...
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Water Missions International expands global reach in Tanzania
Launches 10th country program to provide safe water to tens of thousands of Tanzanians Charleston, S.C. (October 29, 2013) – Water Missions International expands its capacity to impact communities in...
Tanzania Remote Monitoring Update, October 2013
KEY MESSAGES There is sufficient availability of a variety of staple foods on markets and at the household level, and food insecurity in most areas is expected to remain Minimal (IPC Phase 1)...
Tanzania Price Bulletin, October 2013
Maize is the main staple crop in Tanzania. Rice and beans are also very important, the latter constituting the main source of protein for most low- and middle-income households. Dar es Salaam is the...
Conflicts Over Water Rise in Tanzania
By Kizito Makoye PANGANI, Tanzania, Oct 18 2013 (IPS) - Conflicts over water are increasing in the sprawling Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania as farmers and herders jostle for dwindling...
Empowering small farmers through farmers field schools
Farmers Field Schools (FFS) were first introduced in Zanzibar in 2007 as part of the Agricultural Services Support Programme (ASSP) supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
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Capturing the Gender Effect: Guidance for Gender Measurement in Agriculture Programs
by Anjala Kanesathasan, Krista Jacobs, Margo Young, Adithi Shetty Over the past decade there has been growing recognition of the contribution that women make to agricultural production around the...
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Backlash against Malawian migrants in Tanzania
MZUZU, 1 October 2013 (IRIN) - An official crackdown on undocumented migrants in Tanzania has sparked a wave of attacks against Malawians living there, causing many to flee for home. In recent weeks,...
Tanzania to adopt irrigation law to improve food security
By KIZITO MAKOYE Special Correspondent IN SUMMARY Analysts say the National Irrigation Act 2013 should give the country’s agriculture sector a new lease of life, in the face of changing weather...
Tanzania Price Bulletin, September 2013
Maize is the main staple crop in Tanzania. Rice and beans are also very important, the latter constituting the main source of protein for most low- and middle-income households. Dar es Salaam is the...