WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

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THE LONG VIEW
Agricultural spending rises to sustain
progress on poverty and hunger
Agricultural GDP Growth Rates
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Ag GDP Growth
CAADP Target
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Agriculture makes up roughly a quarter of Tanzania’s
economy and has experienced steady growth over the
past decade, although never quite achieving the 6%
CAADP target. With three quarters of the population
living in rural areas, agriculture offers an important
source of economic activity, and a slight majority of the
agricultural labour force are women (55.1%). Tanzania’s
agricultural sector currently produces cassava,
yams, maize, cocoa and rice in significant quantities,
and generates 7% of Africa’s annual maize output.
Government spending on agriculture has risen over
the last decade to its most recent level of 6.8%, with a
Presidential commitment to reach the CAADP target of
10% of the overall national budget by 2015.
Tanzania is ranked at 145th worldwide and 19th out of
47 in sub-Saharan Africa in the Ease of Doing Business
report. Cross Border Trade and Getting Credit are
highlighted as areas especially requiring improvements.
CAADP TARGETS
The country emerges as one of the more attractive
environments on the continent for digital agribusiness
services, with 27.1 million mobile GSM connections,
20% of which are 3G data connections supporting
more advanced application types.
For Tanzania’s 50.8 million persons, extreme poverty
declined impressively from over 84% in 2000 to 67.9%
in 2007, but still leaves the country 20% above the
average for the continent and off-track to meet the
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target reduction.
Malnutrition is relatively low compared to other sub-
Saharan countries, with 16.2% of children underweight,
and the country’s good progress here puts it close
to achieving its MDG target by 2015. Achieving the
CAADP growth targets for Tanzania through both public
and private action is essential for reducing poverty
rates, especially for 72% of the country’s population
(36.5 million people) living in rural areas.
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Source: ReSAKKS 2014 - www.resakss.org
SNAPSHOT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Rural Population
Total population:
50,757,000
2009 2011
Population Economically Active in Agriculture
Total:
18,865,000
16.2% 67.9%
Child malnutrition:
% of children under 5 underweight
(World Development Indicators, 2010)
Poverty:
% living below $1.25/day
(World Development Indicators, 2007)
Rural population:
36,488,000
55.1% 44.9%
Public agriculture expenditure share in total public expenditure 1990 - 2010
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
Tanzania
CAADP Target
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1990 1992 1992 1994 1994 1996 1996 1998 1998 2000 2000 2002 2002 2004 2004 2006 2006 2008 2008 2010 2010
Source: www.resakss.org
Ease of Doing Business - Rank of 189 Countries
Overall 145
Starting a Business 119
Getting Credit 130
Protecting Investors 98
Trading Across Borders 139
Enforcing Contracts 42
EASY 50 100
150
Source:
World Bank 2014 - http://www.doingbusiness.org/
HARD
Top 10 Crops by Production (tonnes)
5,462,454 Cassava
5,104,248 Yams
3,018,175 Maize
2,900,000 Cocoa
2,524,740 Rice
1,914,878 Groundnuts
1,800,551 Sorghum
1,235,041 Millet
838,717 Sugarcane
810,000 Sweet Potatoes
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 -
http://faostat.fao.org/
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