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<title>Land grabs: the threat to African women's livelihoods</title>
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<dc:date>2012-02-10</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the African Union's commitment to strengthening women's access  and control of land by placing land rights in the public domain of human  rights, it is silent on the issue of land grabs. This is a gap that the  AU's land policy framework needs to plug, says Kathambi Kinot.
In the last decade foreign companies or governments have acquired 227 million hectares of land in Africa, according to a recent report by Oxfam...]]></description>
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<title>UK unveils 1.5trn/- aid for Tanzania</title>
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<dc:date>2011-03-03</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[To cover four years: aims to wean country off aid



The  United Kingdom (UK) yesterday unveiled its new 1.5 trn/- aid package  for Tanzania for the next four years, to support the country&rsquo;s  development projects.
&ldquo;UK&rsquo;s overarching objective is to support  Tanzania to reduce the poverty of its people and become independent  from aid,&rdquo; said Andrew Mitchell, the UK Secretary of State who heads the  Department for International Development (DFID) in his plan...]]></description>
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<title>Food Insecurity Still Haunts Country</title>
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<dc:date>2010-12-01</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Food insecurity and malnutrition is likely to increase in Tanzania  due to the impact of climate change on agriculture, hence impacting  further on the economy of individual households, it has been observed.
Studies have also shown that climate change will reduce the gross  domestic product (GDP) by between 0...]]></description>
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<title>TIC drums up support for agriculture</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-03</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[TANZANIA&rsquo;S economy cannot reach the growth rate of 8 to 10 per cent per annum without significant investment and improvement to boost the agriculture sector, according to the Chief Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Center (TIC), Mr Emmanuel Ole Naiko. &ldquo;No amount of investment and increased production in manufacturing, mining or tourism will be sufficient to lift an economy which depends on agriculture for over 40 per cent of its GDP, unless there is also improvement in agriculture,&rdquo; he pointed out...]]></description>
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<title>Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa project launched</title>
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<dc:date>2010-08-17</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and other partners in Europe and South Asia are undertaking an action research, testing tools for community adaptation, knowledge generation and capacity building project on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa (CBAA) project,&rdquo; said Shepard Zvigadza, Director of the Zimbabwe Environmental Regional Organization (ZERO)...]]></description>
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<title>New Cassava Varieties Save Zanzibar's Food Security</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By: nourishingtheplanet Sunday July 25, 2010 4:00 pm
By Catherine Njuguna
Millions of cassava farmers in eastern and central Africa are in distress from viral cassava diseases that are sweeping across the region and ravaging their crops. But their counterparts on the popular tourist island of Zanzibar are undergoing a quiet revolution using new disease-resistant and high-yielding varieties that were introduced three years ago...]]></description>
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<title>Tanzania signs up for CAADP </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-20</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Written By:Judith Akolo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tanzania has became the 19th African country and the first from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to sign the African Union and NEPAD's - Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Compact.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete declared that there would be no back-pedalling on Tanzania's commitment to ensuring that the ongoing agriculture initiatives such as Kilimo Kwanza (&lsquo;Agriculture First') lead to a meaningful transformation of the country's agriculture...]]></description>
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<title>British govt to help Dar cope with climate </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-30</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: The British government yesterday pledged more support to Tanzania in responding to major threats of climate change, including threat to poverty reduction, sustainable growth and potentially to national security. The British High Commissioner to Tanzania, Ms Diane Corner, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday the support by her government will aim at ensuring that the country&rsquo;s development coped with climate change...]]></description>
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<title>Sacu to study impact of free-trade deal with East African Community</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg: The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) is in the process of initiating a study of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the East African Community (EAC). In a recently published tender advertisement, Sacu said that it was looking to appoint a consultant to research how a proposed FTA between Sacu and the EAC could affect the economies of the two regions, and what policy implications such an agreement would have...]]></description>
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<title>Mining Bill passed in hot debate </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: Parliament&nbsp;passed the new mining Bill following heated debate during which the MPs gave a rough time to the top government executives.&nbsp; Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, the Attorney General, Mr Frederick Werema, and the minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr William Ngeleja, had to endure two-and-a-half hours of candid contributions by the lawmakers, especially during the committee stage to go over the Bill...]]></description>
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<title>Tanzania launches campaign to improve sanitation in rural areas</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: Inadequate&nbsp;sanitation has been a thorn in the flesh for many governments, especially in developing countries, as it is a major cause of diseases world-wide.&nbsp; Improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities and this has led to many countries initiating projects aimed at promoting sanitation especially in rural areas...]]></description>
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<title>Local rice production to double</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: The&nbsp;initiative to scale up agricultural irrigation, under which Tanzania targets to boost annual rice production from the current 800,000 to two million tonnes by 2018, is behind schedule, two years since it was set. The ambitious programme under the Japanese Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) is therefore expected to occupy the key focus during the second TICAD IV ministerial follow up talks in Arusha next month...]]></description>
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<title>Nation reassured of food sufficiency</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: The&nbsp;government has assured the nation that due to increased food production no one will die from hunger. The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operative, Mr Mohamed Muya told reporters in Dar es Salaam today that the achievement was a result of the introduction of various agricultural strategies, aimed at achieving the green revolution...]]></description>
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<title>Farm inputs swindlers to face music</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-22</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: Civil&nbsp;servants unwilling to help farmers access farm inputs through voucher system or spend allocated funds for personal gains will face disciplinary measures accordingly, the parliament has been informed. The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Mr Mathayo David Mathayo, informed the National Assembly here today that the aim was to help farmers move forward from subsistence economy to commercial farming...]]></description>
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<title>Tanzania:  Farmers made Sh170bn from tobacco</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-21</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam: Tobacco farmers&rsquo; income has gone up from an average of Sh58 billion in 2006/07 to Sh170 billion in 2008/09.This was said by the Tabora regional commissioner, Mr Abeid Mwinyimsa, in a speech read on his behalf by acting regional administration secretary Longino Kazimoto, during a stakeholders evaluation meeting held late last week at the Tanzania Public Service College in Tabora municipality...]]></description>
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