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HIGHLIGHTS
- As observed in the last (second) survey round, Singida DC has the highest prevalence of insufficient food consumption (20 percent). Compared to the second round, Shinyanga DC had a significant improvement in food consumption, while Kondoa DC (Dodoma region) had a significant deterioration.
- Micheweni and Wete clustered districts (in North Pemba region) have the highest prevalence of households resorting to ‘crisis’ or above food-based coping strategies compared to other districts with 21 percent, followed by Kondoa DC district (Dodoma region) with 19 percent and Handeni DC district (Tanga Region)) with 16 percent
- Handeni (Tanga region), Kiteto district (Manyara region) and Kondoa DC district (Dodoma region) have the highest prevalence of ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ livelihood coping strategies compared to other districts with 50 percent, 44 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
- Overall, in the 30 districts analyzed, 68 percent of women aged 18 to 49 years consumed at least 5 out of 10 food groups in the previous day or night. Overall, only 39 percent of children 6–23 months of age consumed foods and beverages from at least five out of eight defined food groups during the previous day.
- Shinyanga DC (Shinyanga Region) has the highest percentage of households dependent on agriculture, livestock, and fishing at 84 percent, while the districts of Kaskazini (North Unguja region), Micheweni and Wete clustered districts (North Pemba region) and, Mwanga and Simanjiro clustered districts in Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions respectively, have the largest percentage of households relying on assistance, but only at 4 percent. Singida DC (Singida Region) and Shinyanga DC (Shinyanga Region) had the highest percentages of households whose food expenditure accounted for over 75 percent of their total consumption expenditure, at 29 percent and 22 percent respectively.
- Households in Kiteto (Manyara region) and Kondoa DC (Dodoma region) have the highest challenges to access the market with 36 percent and 35 percent, respectively.
- Based on the indicators for food consumption, food-based coping strategies, and livelihood coping strategies, Handeni (Tanga Region) and Kondoa (Dodoma Region) and Kiteto District (Manyara Region) are identified as more vulnerable. The situation in these areas should be closely monitored in the next round.
Overview
Tanzania Country Office has been conducting remote food security monitoring (mVAM) in all regions in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar since the year 2020. mVAM has facilitated real time food security analysis to update donors, partners and other actors on trends in food security during COVID 19 and beyond. To tailor mVAM investment more to the programmatic needs of WFP Tanzania, the country office redesigned the survey sampling approach from data collection at regional level to district level, in order to assess food insecurity at a more granular level. To allow more useful district level information, WFP Tanzania selected 30 vulnerable districts as per criteria established by the Country Office. Data collection frequency was also reduced from continuous to three rounds aligned with different phases of agricultural production (i.e. post-harvest following the main agriculture season; start of lean season and the second agricultural season for bimodal rainfall districts).