Feed the Future FY 2010 Implementation Plan, Tanzania

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4.1.6. Ensure Underserved GroupsBenefit from GrowthCurrent/Potential USG/Donor Partners:PEPFAR, USDA, WFP, UNICEF and WorldBank.MDG1: Targeting underserved groups willenhance equity across gender and otherdemographics.Key Issue: Women represent the majority ofthe agricultural labor force yet their lack ofaccess to land reduces their access to credit. Acycle of poverty, drought and food insecuritydisproportionately impacts vulnerablepopulations such as women, children, and thoseaffected by HIV/AIDS. Populations living onmarginal lands and in remote areas whereinfrastructure is poor experience higher rates ofpoverty and food insecurity. Intra-householdvariability in food security is reflected in thehigh incidence of malnutrition among under-fivechildren, where 38% of children are chronicallymalnourished and 22% are underweight.GOT Priority: Gender is a cross-cutting issuein ASDP. The 2007 Agricultural Census devoteda separate analysis to gender, aimed atmainstreaming gender in agriculturalprogramming. The GOT has requested thatGHFSI help meet goals set forth in ASDP tosupport women’s productive roles in agricultureand to monitor the impact of asset distribution,input access, and participation.Rampant micronutrientdeficiency is recognizedas a major public healthchallenge for Tanzania.A recent study by theWorld Bank indicatesthat 72% of childrenand 52% of mothers areanemic, the infantRampantmicronutrientdeficiency isrecognized as amajor publichealth challengefor Tanzania.mortality rate is 76/1,000 live births, and about36% of all child deaths beyond early infancy aredue largely to malnutrition.The GOT prioritizes malnutrition throughvarious programs and initiatives, includingestablishment of the Tanzania Food andNutrition Center and enactment of theNational Nutrition Policy. Over 80% of childrenunder the age of five now receive Vitamin Asupplementation and de-worming tablets twiceyearly and 75% of households use iodized salt.Vitamin A supplementation reduces infantmortality by as much as 23%. The challenge forthe GOT has been to sustain such programs,particularly given the need for coordinated andmutually reinforcing cross-sectoralprogramming involving the ministries ofAgriculture and Health.Past USG Investment: Previous and currentinterventions target vulnerable populations,paying special attention to understanding theparticipatory constraints and incentives thataffect women in key value chains such ashorticulture, livestock and coffee. Newprograms in horticulture emphasize value chaindevelopment for smallholders to improvehousehold incomes, and also promotesubsistence crops like sweet potato, avocado,beans, peas and tomatoes for home use.Additionally, these programs pilot modernbeekeeping within smallholder farm units. Initialpilot studies conducted by Honey Care inTanzania have shown that, with as few as twobeehives, horticultural productivity increasestremendously. More women can be engaged inmodern beekeeping activities with simplemeasures such as lowering hanging hives.The Mission recently collaborated with theUSAID Women in Development Office GATEprogram to conduct gender auditing of itshorticulture and maricultural projects, and usedlessons learned to inform recent horticultureprocurements. In FY 2009, USAID participatedin, and contributed resources to, Women’sLeadership Training in Economics (WLTIE) andWomen’s Empowerment Development Grantsto support women in horticulture. A developingproject on secured transactions reforms willenhance women’s access to credit through theuse of movable asset collateral.The PEPFAR Food and Nutrition TechnicalAssistance II IQC (FANTA-2) supports capacity18
development of the Tanzania Food andNutrition Center to build integrated nutritionprograms within relevant GOT ministries.PEPFAR also supports national Demographicand Health Surveys (DHS), providing thedemographic and anthropometric informationused for monitoring the nutritional status ofwomen and children. Through PEPFAR andEconomic Growth wrap-around activities, allcurrent activities include economicstrengthening aimed at HIV/AIDS-affectedhouseholds participating in horticulture valuechains, as well as, workplace HIV/AIDSprevention.Women’s advocacy programs and policies arefully integrated within activities, giving woman avoice and rights in the agro-processing sectorto ensure their safety, health and economicsecurity.FY 2010 Proposed Actions: Activities willfocus on strengthening local institutions andpolicies to address the needs of vulnerablepopulations such as women, children, andpeople affected by HIV/AIDS and the very poor.Initially, this will be accomplished through aseries of targeted and/or combined assessmentsfor the three value chains being proposed. Wewill also design an impact assessment to becompleted during the early stages of theprogram to understand the impacts ofagricultural programs on gender assetdistribution and to test assumptions about thelink between proposed interventions and actualimpacts in reducing malnutrition. Vulnerablepopulations will benefit through partnershipswith PEPFAR and General Mills on foodfortification programs that support a broaderstrategic policy on nutrition enhancement, aswell as scaling up of PEPFAR and EconomicGrowth wrap-around programming.The new Integrated Water, Sanitation andHygiene (iWASH) program focuses onproductive uses of water through thedevelopment of Multiple Use Services (MUS)and will roll out in the target GHFSI regions.The program pays special attention tovulnerable groups and their participation inMUS to enhance water quality and access, andlivelihoods, which in many cases will includesmall-scale horticulture entrepreneurship. Sincethe horticultural value chain has a high degreeof participation by women, these activities willcontribute significantly to improve nutrition andhousehold income.Nutrition funds will support Vitamin Asupplementation activities that have beeninitiated by the Health and Population Office aspart of the maternal and child health program.A bond guarantee to a microfinance institutionwill enhance access to credit by at least 200small and medium enterprises.Analytical Work: With Financial CrisisInitiative funds provided through USAID, WFPis undertaking a comprehensive food securityvulnerability mapping assessment that will helpto shape the USAID safety net program andinform our understanding of nutritionvulnerabilities in order to develop appropriateinterventions. FY 2010 funds will be used byUSAID to assess the feasibility of the currentfood fortification policy and to make specificrecommendations for creating demand andsupply-side capacity. The program will draw onexpertise to design stand-alone and/orintegrated nutrition programming for FY 2011based on an FY 2010 assessment of:GOT capacity needs, particularly for interministerialpolicies and programming;GOT assistance needs for supporting theCAADP Pillar III to facilitate countrynutrition roundtables and support nutritionadvocacy and inter-sectoral coordination;andKey capacity constraints across a range ofstakeholders for addressing and monitoringnutrition targets.4.1.7. Expand Knowledge and Trainingby Supporting Research andDevelopmentCurrent/Potential USG/Donor Partners:USDA, ASDP Basket (World Bank, Japan, IrishAid, IFAD, AfDB), the Gates Foundation19
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