Tanzania Multi Stakeholder Map - WebNG
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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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