The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (“SAGCOT”) has been established as a public private partnership with the objective to enhance Tanzania’s food security and accelerate agricultural transformation. The mandate of the partnership is to achieve these objectives by catalyzing responsible private sector led agricultural development. Partners commit to ensure that investments improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their communities, are sustainable in terms of natural resource use.

Tanzania has a long history of sugar cane production and it has now a prioritized national policy to attract foreign investments into modern and industrial scale sugar cane production. Between 2001 and 2010, the production of sugar in Tanzania increased from 130,000 Mt pa to 280,000 Mt pa. This has been principally due to the refurbishment of four old sugar cane estates and rejuvenation of sugar cane farms. However, production capacities in existing mills are now approaching their limit and annual consumption is at 500,000 MT pa and growing rapidly.

Abstract:

The founding document of SAGCOT, the Investment Blueprint, was developed by the founding partners encompassing government, donor partners, farmers, and the private sector. The SAGCOT Investment Blueprint details the objectives of SAGCOT and how these will be achieved. This is a long-term initiative, which will take 20 years to fully implement. However, the positive impact of bringing the public and private sector together to develop agriculture is already yielding results. Since its inception, SAGCOT has achieved the following main milestones:

O meio rural tem sido palco de grandes investimentos externos, sobretudo na exploração de recursos naturais (mineração e florestas). Estão acontecendo novas dinâmicas na economia rural e, em particular, nas actividades de pequena escala que se traduzem no aumento de actividades – comércio informal, emprego, migração, recursos provenientes da extracção de pequena escala de recursos naturais (sobretudo da floresta – carvão, lenha, estacas, garimpismo, etc.), pequeno transporte de curta distância, entre outras) que, em princípio, concorrem com a produção agrícola e alimentar em particular.

O meio rural tem sido palco de grandes investimentos externos, sobretudo na exploração de recursos naturais (mineração e florestas). Estão acontecendo novas dinâmicas na economia rural e, em particular, nas actividades de pequena escala que se traduzem no aumento de actividades – comércio informal, emprego, migração, recursos provenientes da extracção de pequena escala de recursos naturais (sobretudo da floresta – carvão, lenha, estacas, garimpismo, etc.), pequeno transporte de curta distância, entre outras) que, em princípio, concorrem com a produção agrícola e alimentar em particular.

The purpose of this study was to assess the bio-energy sector in Tanzania and to critically inquire the threats, benefits and opportunities to smallscale producers and sustainable environment management. Based on the terms of references this study focused on areas where land is earmarked or already in use for production of biofuels in Tanzania for both large and small-scale firms. The development of policy of liquid biofuels and other policies in general were examined.

FAO is working with national partners to set up a sustainable system for monitoring the impact of food and agricultural policies for the first time in Africa. Through MAFAP, FAO has developed common indicators for monitoring key commodities and public expenditure in agriculture. This helps policy makers and donors understand if policies are having a positive impact and compare results across countries and over time.

Agriculture, Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Policy, Farm Firms and Farm households, Land ownership and Tenure, Retirement, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Consumer/Household Economics, Land Economics/Use, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, N25, Q12, Q14, Q15, Q18, J26,

Los programas de atención a la reducción de emisiones provenientes de la deforestación o degradación de los ecosistemas, como es el caso de REDD+ y otros programas de incentivos forestales como son los pagos por servicios ambientales (PSA), podrían constituir una oportunidad para el fortalecimiento de los procesos de conservación, aprovechamiento sustentable y reducción de la pobreza en la región mesoamericana, y en particular en los territorios y comunidades indígenas.

Several countries in Africa including Tanzania have committed to live to Maputo Declaration that requires AU member states to allocate 10% of national budget to agricultural sector. It is assumed that sustained ten percent allocations into the sector would translate into 6% percent sector growth. However there are arguments whether the 10% percent allocation alone can contribute to food security and reduced poverty levels. The biggest challenge would be where should the government spend money in agriculture sector? How should the government spend the money?