Strengthening Plant Health Services in Tanzania for Enhanced Food Safety - TCP/URT/3806
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Agriculture is the most dominant sector in the United Republic of Tanzania's economy and the largest employer in the country. It provides livelihoods, income and employment to 67 percent of the population, accounting for 30.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and about 50 percent of export earnings. The sector is threatened by pests and diseases that pose major challenges to agricultural production and trade owing to their detrimental effects on crop yield, produce quality and quarantine status. This deprives the country of export revenues due to non-compliance to sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS). Smallholder farmers in the United Republic of Tanzania have a very low capacity to prevent, manage and eradicate pests. They also have very little information about international phytosanitary standards and export requirements. This is mainly due to their low education level, geographical isolation and a lack of access to modern communication devices and essential inputs to improve production.