| DURATION Ongoing ACTIVITY LOCATIONS USAID HIGHLIGHT NRM - CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania Southern Highlands and Ruaha-Katavi Protection Program (SHARPP) Usimamizi Endelevu wa Maliasili (“Resilient Natural Resources Governance”) USAID CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION |
- The USAID Tuhifadhu Maliasili activity strengthens the connectivity of key biodiversity wildlife areas and increases their resilience to climate change impacts. Focal biodiversity corridors include: Kwakunchinja Wildlife Corridor, the Tarangire-Simanjiro Plains Corridor, the Kigosi Moyowosi –Uvinza Corridor, the Nyerere Selous Udzungwa Corridor, the Amani - Nilo Forest Corridor, and the Marine Pemba Channel Conservation Area (PECCA).
In Tanzania, USAID also implements agriculture and water sector activities, leading unique approaches to addressing the government of Tanzania’s concern for adapting to increasing drought conditions and safeguarding agriculture and community water supply. For example:
- USAID integrates water resources with watershed and river management. The mission supports mapping and identifies areas vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This is in alignment with government of Tanzania priorities to secure water for agriculture, hydropower generation, maintaining ecosystems, and domestic uses.
- In Tanzania, USAID agriculture activities integrate climate smart agriculture technologies to increase profits and yields and to safeguard development gains against climate shocks or stresses. This increase in food security can also help meet nutrition outcomes and objectives. USAID agriculture activities work with farmers in the select Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania region to expand the use of efficient agricultural practices for increasing crop yield. Work also helps communities be more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
- USAID’s climate smart agriculture activities are expanding to reach more smallholder farmers in the full range of activities needed for horticultural. Climate smart agriculture support includes low-cost drip irrigation, encouraging adoption of drought-tolerant seed, intercropping, crop rotations and using nutrient and water resource management practices. USAID’s Mboga na Matunda horticulture activity uses a market systems approach to promote application of improved business and good agricultural practices by farmers and other value chain actors. Through the Mboga na Matunda activity, around over 874,000 smallholder farmers and individuals in the private sector applied improved business, marketing, or agricultural practices. Additionally, beneficiary farmers to date, cultivated nearly 715,000 hectares under improved practices and utilized technologies to promote production with reduced environmental climate risk. These technologies include the use of proper land preparation methods and crop management practices, using efficient irrigation methods, using improved and hybrid seed, incorporating integrated pest management, and applying post-harvest handling practices.
Climate Change - December 20222
