ZANZIBAR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION POLICY - Kilimo

Current FSN
situation
High incidence
of poverty and
decreasing
purchasing power
Key contributing factors
to vulnerability
•Low diversification of
income sources and hence
limited opportunities
to improve livelihoods,
further aggravated by
variations in ecological
environments
• Low access to income
generating opportunities
both in rural and urban
areas
• Seasonality of income
generating sources
particularly in agriculture
• High level of
unemployment
• I n a d e q u a t e
entrepreneurship skills
• Lack of sufficient safety
nets including pension
and strained social support
networks
• Limited access to
productive assets
(including arable land,
equipment)
• Instable income earning
sources
• Devaluation of the
Tanzanian Shilling
• Rising domestic prices
• Low access to and control
over household resources
among women
Vulnerable groups
• People living below
food and basic need
poverty, especially
people living with
HIV/AIDS, female,
elderly and orphans
both in urban and
rural area
• Rural Poor,
especially firewood
collectors, clove
pickers, seaweed
farmers, fisher folk
in coral rag and
plantation zones
• Urban poor,
especially
unemployed youth
and seasonal
workers, female
headed households
and housewives
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