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e legally binding which is not possible. Visibly it seems voluntary but in real life it<br />

is not voluntary. It has assisted developing countries, which did not have<br />

institutional framework for controlling the use of pesticides and other chemicals. It<br />

was voluntary but did a great job and brought responsibility to other players such<br />

as industries and marketing companies. A sense of voluntarism is a good thing in<br />

a sense that there will be commitment from parties.<br />

3.3 THEME III: LINK OF CONVENTIONS TO NATIONAL<br />

PRIORITIES<br />

3.3.1 Mainstreaming of Chemical Conventions in the Implementation of<br />

National Poverty Reduction Strategies<br />

Prof. J. H.Y. Katima and Ms. Saada Juma- AGENDA<br />

The presentation started by highlighting poverty levels in <strong>Tanzania</strong> and that it is<br />

highest among household, which depend on agriculture. Initiatives to address the<br />

poverty problem undertaken include: structural adjustment programmes; Poverty<br />

Reduction Strategies (PRS), which was linked to debt relief under the enhanced<br />

High Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative; National Strategy for Growth and<br />

Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP) (MKUKUTA), which was designed using<br />

“outcomes-approach”. These are guided by the National Vision 2025. Currently<br />

there is also Mini-Tiger initiative, which is aimed at emulating the successes of<br />

the Asian Tigers. Internationally there is the Millennium Development Goals<br />

(WSSD 2002), which reinforces the aspirations of the NSGRP. From that point it<br />

could be seen that there is strong linkage between the NSGRP, MDGs and the<br />

Vision 2025.<br />

The presenters elaborated on broader goals of development which are protection<br />

of human health; economic benefits of a cleaner environment for attracting<br />

investment within the country; fostering sustainable agriculture for the internal<br />

market and complying with agricultural and other export requirements for external<br />

markets; and contribution that the sound management of chemicals can make to<br />

reinforce the legislative and policy framework of a country. The NSGRP, MDGs<br />

and the Vision 2025 may provide indication on how chemical safety in general<br />

and pesticide use in particular might be linked to the general development<br />

picture.<br />

Challenges for linking pesticide use and NSGRP, vision 2025 and MDGS are<br />

The NSGRP, Vision 2025 and MDGs are very general and overriding. National<br />

chemical safety or pesticide use and control planners tend to look at their<br />

activities in isolation and not identifying synergies with other areas of chemical<br />

safety or pesticide use and control. Also, national sector planners or politicians<br />

tend to look at one sector at a time and miss that chemical safety issues occur<br />

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