Tanzania Multi Stakeholder Map - WebNG
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productivity, it wiped out the crop, case example “MATOKE”. Of course the<br />
reasons for such adverse effect may be many, but definitely, lack of knowledge<br />
on the proper use of such chemical could have played a role. Therefore, it is only<br />
through articulation of the challenges proper interventions may be put in place.<br />
The NSGRP provides a detailed analysis of the challenges to be overcome in<br />
order to eradicate poverty. The challenges are discussed under the following<br />
sub-headings:<br />
6.1 Income Poverty<br />
As mentioned earlier, the proportion of the population below the national food<br />
poverty line is 18.7 percent and that below the national basic needs poverty line<br />
is 35.7 percent. The majority poor people i.e. 87% live in rural areas and is<br />
highest among households who depend on agriculture. <strong>Tanzania</strong> has been<br />
experiencing a low average per capita real economic growth of only 0.6 percent<br />
annually over a ten-year period. The current impressive economic growth of<br />
about 6.0% is due to faster growth in manufacturing, construction, mining and<br />
quarrying as well as wholesale, retail and hotels, not in agriculture, which<br />
employ the majority of poor.<br />
Agriculture is the lead sector in the <strong>Tanzania</strong>n economy accounting for 45<br />
percent of GDP and about 60 percent of export earnings. Agriculture is the<br />
source of food and raw materials for industries. It also provides livelihoods to 82<br />
percent of the population. Major constraints to agriculture sector growth and<br />
productivity include low productivity of land, labour and production inputs;<br />
underdeveloped irrigation potential; limited capital and access to financial<br />
services; inadequate agricultural technical support services; poor rural<br />
infrastructure; infestations and outbreaks of crop and animal pests and<br />
diseases; erosion of natural resource base and environmental degradation. In<br />
order to benefit the poor majority, promotion of agricultural sector is essential,<br />
and this may inevitably mean increased use of pesticides and fertilisers, hence<br />
the need for sound management of pesticide use.<br />
6.2 Employment Status<br />
According to the Integrated Labour Force Survey (2001/02) 10 the total labour<br />
force (age 15 years and above) has increased from 11.2 million in 1990/91 to<br />
17.8 million in 2001. This implies that 650,000 new people have been entering<br />
the labour market every year. Wage and salary employment has been expanding<br />
at much lower rate estimated at some 40,000 persons per annum. That leaves<br />
the majority of the new entrants into the labour market entering the labour market<br />
through self-employment largely in agriculture and the informal sector. Again,<br />
agricultural sector need to be promoted in order to solve unemployment<br />
problems and rural-urban migration.<br />
10 URT (2002). Integrated Labour Force Survey<br />
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