Rescource Reliance Case Study Tanzania

Question 1

Facts about Tanzania and it’s food security

Answer 1

Population of 51million, GHI rating of 89, daily calorie intake has increased in 2009, people living in poverty has decreased

Question 2

A local scale operation helping to achieve food security

Answer 2

Goat aid started in northern Tanzania in babati, relied on by 90%, carried out by farm Africa

Pros- milk can be sold for money, on loan so they had to care for them
Cons- healthcare for them is expensive

Question 3

A past attempt to achieve food security at a national scale

Answer 3

Canada provided $95 million to start which was eventually paid back by Tanzania, 26 400 hectares of land, done in Hanang district
Cons-Native people where threatened off the land, only a few jobs were created
Pros- provided 60% of Tanzania’s wheat

Question 4

A present national scale initiative to provide food security

Answer 4

Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania started in 2010, connected to Tanzania railway, creates 6 key clusters of areas, improving infrastructure
Pros- 450,000 jobs made
Cons- money benefits large commercial farms, some investment not given