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Managing risks critical for agriculture,food production’s stable
In recent years, Tanzania has witnessed a number of climate related disasters namely, flooding, droughts, pests, widespread crop failures, livestock deaths and intensification of climate sensitive diseases among others. The effects of climate change in the country are widespread and significantly interfere with agriculture, while at the same time,
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Study tour unearths pathways to resilient food and agriculture systems in Tanzania
As borders closed and lockdown measures were implemented around the world, a group of facilitators, farmers and government representatives embarked on a study tour across the Tanga Region of Tanzania, an area that had yet to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Held in March 2020, the tour brought together international researchers, national facilitators, government
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GCRF -AFRICAP projects benefits Lushoto, Muheza small-scale farmers
The agriculture climate resilience plan is implemented through Agricultural Sector Development Programme phase II (ASDP II) which has been developed to propel the country’s economic development and guide the implementation of prioritised interventions. Last week in Tanga the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and its partners in GCRF-AFRICAP project
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TCSAA joins the GCRF-AFRICAP study tour to understand pathways to resilient food and agriculture systems in Tanzania
TCSAA joins the GCRF-AFRICAP study tour to understand pathways to resilient food and agriculture systems in Tanzania Members of the Tanzania climate Smart Agriculture Alliance joined a study tour to Lushoto and Muheza Districts in Tanga region, Tanzania supported by the ‘’Agricultural and Food systems Resilience: Increasing Capacity and
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Creating awareness on reporting climate smart agriculture and nutrition
A group photo with the journlists at IIT-Tanzania office. Credit Delphina Ntangeki/IITA IITA-Tanzania organized a media awareness session on “Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and nutrition” in commemoration of World Food Day 2019. It aimed at increasing the knowledge and understanding of the media on issues around climate change and its
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