FAO in Tanzania

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04 June 2018
Development partners through the Agriculture Working Group (AWG) have pledged full support to the implementation of Phase Two of the national Agriculture Sector Development Programme (ASDP II) that was launched in Dar es Salaam by President John Magufuli on June 4. Speaking on behalf of the group at the launch, the...
04 June 2018
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. John Magufuli on June 4 launched the Tshs. 13 trillion Agricultural Sector Development Programme’s Second Phase (ASDP II), which he said would accelerate the country’s industrialization drive. Dr. Magufuli said with the thriving agricultural sector, the country stands a greater chance of...
22 May 2018
1,500 lives lost every year Tanzania loses an estimated 1,500 people to rabies every year, a zoonotic disease that is caused by a bite from infected dogs primarily, but also cats or some wild carnivals like hyenas, wild dogs and foxes, among others. Following a recent reports of outbreaks of rabies...
28 April 2018
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with the Government of Tanzania to support activities conducive to transformational change in the management and utilisation of marine and coastal resources and habitats, and to help reconcile economic growth and food security with the ecosystem conservation and...
25 April 2018
Fisheries and aquaculture play a huge role in livelihood and food security in the United Republic of Tanzania and in particular in Zanzibar. In 2015, 36 321 marine coastal fishers and 147 479 inland fishers were reported; and, the total capture production of Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar was of about...