News
14 February 2018
Today, the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Tanzania and the East African Community, H.E. Roeland van de Geer together with representatives from FAO Tanzania, HELVETAS Swiss Interco-operation and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) presented three projects supporting the rice sector. These projects are financed by the EU...
Today, the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Tanzania and the East African Community, H.E. Roeland van de Geer together with representatives from FAO Tanzania, HELVETAS Swiss Interco-operation and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) presented three projects supporting the rice sector. These projects are financed by the EU...
01 February 2018
Over 10,000 rice farmers in Iringa region including women, youth, and men are going to benefit from a project that aims to equip them with postharvest management skills to enhance their competitiveness in the market. Dubbed ‘Improve Competitiveness and Increase Postharvest Management Capacity of Smallholder Farmers in the Rice Value...
Over 10,000 rice farmers in Iringa region including women, youth, and men are going to benefit from a project that aims to equip them with postharvest management skills to enhance their competitiveness in the market. Dubbed ‘Improve Competitiveness and Increase Postharvest Management Capacity of Smallholder Farmers in the Rice Value...
31 January 2018
Maize and rice most affected crops The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture have today signed a cooperation agreement that aims to support Tanzania in building its surveillance and management capacity to respond efficiently to fall armyworm (FAW) invasion in the country. The...
Maize and rice most affected crops The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture have today signed a cooperation agreement that aims to support Tanzania in building its surveillance and management capacity to respond efficiently to fall armyworm (FAW) invasion in the country. The...
17 January 2018
The Government through the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has appreciated the financial and technical support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aimed at promoting food safety and quality assurance in the country. In a recent letter to the FAO Representative to Tanzania Fred Kafeero, TBS...
The Government through the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has appreciated the financial and technical support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aimed at promoting food safety and quality assurance in the country. In a recent letter to the FAO Representative to Tanzania Fred Kafeero, TBS...
08 January 2018
Food security stakeholders from across the country are meeting in Zanzibar to strategize the roll-out of the Chronic Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) roll-out in Tanzania. Speaking at the opening of the workshop the Assistant Director, National Food Security Division in the Ministry of Agriculture (Mainland), Ombaeli Obadiah Lemweli, said...
Food security stakeholders from across the country are meeting in Zanzibar to strategize the roll-out of the Chronic Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) roll-out in Tanzania. Speaking at the opening of the workshop the Assistant Director, National Food Security Division in the Ministry of Agriculture (Mainland), Ombaeli Obadiah Lemweli, said...
