Tanazania Tied Aid

Question 1

Back ground info

Answer 1

• African bush has been converted into “plains” type landscape
• Machinery has to be imported from Canada-was free(and helped) now they have to pay for it .
• The project is high tec, largly mechanised and large scale

Question 2

% wheat used in Tanzania

Answer 2

•50%

Question 3

% wheat grown in Tanzania

Answer 3

•80%

Question 4

Scale of production

Answer 4

17000 hectars

Question 5

What is the tractor tyres cost

Answer 5

£300- £1000 (Origanlly paid in Tanzanian Schillings but eventually in Canadian dollars

Question 6

What is the cost of bread (impact)

Answer 6

63p wages only £10 a week

Question 7

Impacts on people

Answer 7

• Normans thrown off land

* Bread goes to urcan rich not rural poor

Question 8

Problems with the set up

Answer 8

• Wheat is milled 2 days journey away
• Mazie is stable food not wheat- they may benifit more from investing in this
• Tanaznia now locked into “Aid for trade” agreement with Canada