The African Development Bank and the FAO today agreed to boost joint efforts aimed at catalysing agriculture sector investments in Africa to end hunger and malnutrition and increase prosperity throughout the continent. Surveillance activities are expected to generate AMR data that will guide clinical treatment options and management of infectious diseases in humans and animal health sectors. Aug 28, 2014 - An FAO project to strengthen capacity of farms for climate change is underway in Kiroka, Tanzania. The main pillars of the project are awareness, evidence, governance and practices that are coherent with World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)  Global action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance. Country Profiles FAO Members Gateway Low-Income Food-Deficit countries. Improve the national biosafety and biosecurity system, ensuring that especially dangerous pathogens are identified, held, secured and monitored in a minimal number of facilities according to best practices. Warm climate is conducive for rapid multiplication of FAW, and in a very near future, the Country could experience a major outbreak. Fall Armyworm (FAW), is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, with the adult moth able to move over 100 km per night. Work undertaken in this priority area will support the Government of Tanzania in its efforts to use agricultural growth as the main driver towards reducing poverty and reaching middle-income level status by 2025. Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2017-2020, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa. Partnerships Work with us Ask FAO FAO on social media Invest. Capacities of the region and districts to prepare and respond to disasters are also strengthened. Currently, the project is supporting farmers in five councils in terms of capacity building training to farmers and professionals, distribution of improved seeds and planting materials, agricultural equipment, nutrition education and campaign and improved livestock breeds. Member countries. IPPM project in Tanzania. It was prepared with a strong involvement of national stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society. As a result of project activities, the country developed a draft National Forest Policy and an improved forest policies framework, providing an enabling environment and guidance for country-driven forest sector development. Promote and train beekeeping as a viable enterprise including dissemination of information via community radio. The study is conducted through a joint review of the existing information from accepted sources at national and global levels. Despite the nutritional, economic, social, and even cultural importance of street food vendors in Africa, the sector is affected, to varying degrees in each country and urban area, by three specific issues that hinder its development, that is, a) poor food safety; b) nutritional imbalance (since most SFVs tend to sell more meat and starchy food over micronutrient-rich foods such as fruit and vegetable; c) widespread informality of SFVs. Over the years, the Organization has assisted the Government with technical support in the planning and implementation of its agricultural policies, strategies and programmes. SFV also often operate under unsanitary conditions with little or no infrastructural support and are perceived to be a major public health risk. Get involved. Climate change is likely to continue to pose challenges and threats to farmers in future. FAO has marked the International Day of Forests by announcing two new forestry education initiatives that aim to raise awareness among children and young people on the sustainable use and conservation of forests Educating primary school students on sustainable forest use and conservation is an obvious entry point for ensuring the integrity and sustainability of forests in the long run. In addition, the CPF will strengthen capacities for early warning and emergency preparedness; upscale FAO’s work on climate smart agriculture; provide support to sustainable forestry including social protection mechanisms for forest-dependent communities; and strengthen land and water management particularly in the vast rangelands of the country. This will include strengthening capacities for monitoring and reporting on food and agriculture related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Strengthening group cohesion and building producer organizations through Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and Junior Farmer Field Learning Schools (JFFLS), Training on good agriculture and Climate Smart Agriculture practices for selected commodities with special focus on maize and cassava crops such as/on  good hygiene practices, integrated pest management, value addition, food preservation technologies and market access, Procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs, Promote growing of a variety of maize and cassava crops through various channels including community radios and school programmes. Priority areas: Strengthening resilience to natural and man-made threats and crises, such as climate change impacts; and unsustainable management of natural resources. The project is set to deliver the following key results/outcomes: The overall objective of the project is to provide technical support to smallholder producers (farmers, livestock keepers and fisherfolk communities) affected by the 2016 earthquake and prolonged drought disaster in Kagera region, north western Tanzania. This first IPC Chronic Analysis in United Republic of Tanzania commenced in January 2018 and it involves a series of six (6) steps of implementation in a period of eight (8) to twelve (12) months. Objectives: To assess the chronic drivers of food insecurity that contribute to chronic malnutrition in the United Republic of Tanzania and recommend on medium and long term interventions to address food insecurity. This Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) aims at making street food in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) safer, more nutritionally balanced, and more profitable, contributing to the health and livelihoods of the population in the region, as well as contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals. FAO works closely with the Government of Tanzania by providing policy advice, credible, up-to-date information and technical expertise on food security, nutrition and natural resource management. Provide advice to FAO Tanzania staff on the strategic use of media tools (including social media) to strengthen FAOs agriculture and food security leadership and advocacy role. Short Description: The Government of Tanzania in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through Tanzania Food Security and Nutrition Analysis System — in Kiswahili: “Mfumo wa Uchambuzi wa Uhakika wa Chakula na Lishe (MUCHALI)’ in the Mainland and the Zanzibar Food Security and Nutrition Information and Early Warning System (Zanzibar FSNIEWS) and other Food Security and Nutrition Stakeholders are conducting the food security assessment on the chronic drivers of food insecurity in Tanzania. Priority Area B: Increasing agricultural production, productivity for food and nutrition security. Engaging the Food and Agriculture sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-East Asia in the global efforts to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) using One Health Approach or The Fleming Fund Phase Two AMR Project Building surveillance and management capacity to effectively respond to fall armyworms (FAW) in Tanzania The initiatives will assist the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in the implementation The Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP 2016-2021-Phase II) is an important framework to guide development plan in the country by reaching Development Vision 2015 and attain SDGs; Improve adoption of measured behaviours, policies and/or practices that minimize the transmission of zoonotic diseases from animals into human populations. It will further support the government’s efforts of improving the nutritional status of its population by promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture for dietary diversity; and supporting food security and nutrition assessments; and coordination mechanisms. In terms of the agreement, the African Development Bank and the FAO are committed to raise up to $100 million over five years, to support joint activities. Priority Area B: Increasing agricultural production, productivity for food and nutrition security. The Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2017-2020 sets out four priority areas to guide FAO support and partnership with the Government of Tanzania - bringing together innovative international best practices and global standards with national and regional expertise. Part I of the report gives an overview of the lessons learned under each of these pillars, with special attention to specific country results. The policy review process aimed to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share their experiences and to put in place the operational framework of their involvement in the process. It provides support in four priority areas: Evidence – based Agriculture policy, … The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supported the entire process, including the recruitment of consultants to conduct the policy review and three special studies on community-based forestry, forest tenure, and forestry and food security, respectively. This has exacerbated resource use conflicts, currently gripping the country. Here are five development projects in Tanzania: Kikonge Dam and Hydropower Project. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development have launched a Technical Cooperation Project that aims to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders on governance of land tenure in the country. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – Tanzania Country Office – is intending to implement the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme in Tanzania. Attention will be paid to empowering producers to conduct market research and access profitable markets through the use of ICT-based platforms. Although FAO FAW index test for level of vulnerability and lack of coping capacity as a function of Government spending on agriculture and infrastructure development, cereals supply level and food prices is medium, about 8,859,652 population are at high risk level of exposure to the FAW hazard. On his part, the FAO Representative to Tanzania, Fred Kafeero, said that FAO was happy to support Tanzania in the development of its fisheries sector. Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods due to climate change, pests, and disease outbreaks continue to pose a threat to food security in the country. FAO is implementing a project in support of Improving the Competitiveness of small holders' farmers' through post-harvest management. Strengthen existing surveillance systems for prioritized zoonoses of greatest national concern. This will include strengthening national capacity for evidence-based planning, monitoring and evaluation of food and nutrition security/poverty reduction interventions, advocating for improved policy and legal framework for food and agriculture and facilitating effective cross-sectoral coordination. Focus will be placed on supporting functioning local enterprises, viable and inclusive value chains with potential to generate employment for women, men and young people to ensure their active and meaningful participation in the economic. The project through FAO supports the Government of the URT to implement the Nation Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017-2022) but also supports the development of Antimicrobial Resistance Nation Action Plan for Zanzibar. The pilot of the plan will be implemented in Accra (Ghana) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), In the meantime. The fall armyworm, which was first arrived in Tanzania March 2017, due to delay in detection of pest and response and low levels of awareness among stakeholders, it has now covered more than 71,426.5 hectares of maize and sorghum (Ministry of Agriculture – MoA Feb 2018, Report). To avert impending wide spread of FAW outbreaks and subsequent costs related to food insecurity, Upon request from the Government of Tanzania, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture (Mainland), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provided both financial and  technical assistance for the mentioned Technical Cooperation Project (TCP). Media. FAO’s forestry education initiatives in Tanzania and the Philippines The two projects, funded by Germany with more than US$2million, will address major challenges in forestry education and will help increase understanding of forests among the general public. SFVs have proliferated in the last three and a half decades throughout Africa due to the ongoing urbanization (that is, increased population living in urban areas, and increased size of the cities). Fleming Fund Phase Two AMR project is specifically addressing Antimicrobial Resistance /Antimicrobial Usage in the food and agriculture sectors. Through the CPF, FAO will provide leadership in dialogues on agriculture, nutrition and the environment for the purpose of ensuring coherence and well-coordinated sector-wide development planning and implementation; It will strengthen policy dialogue between stakeholders and Government to provide an enabling environment for investment in agriculture, and sound provisions for governance of tenure; strengthen capacity of Agriculture Sector Lead Ministries (ASLMs) and LGAs for agricultural statistical data collection, analysis and dissemination and its application in planning and implementing of agricultural and rural development policies, strategies and investment programmes. 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