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Ecosystems Approach to Make Agriculture More Efficient, More Sustainable, and to Create More Intelligent Markets

Article
Voices & Views

“The future of food security on the current trajectory is a road to nowhere, and to repeat the statistics that we need to grow 50-70% more food without answering the questions, on what land, with which water and with what kind of...

Africa
Kenya
Uganda
+1
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Fisheries
Forests

The Priorities of the EU Cooperation in Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

The relationship between the European Union (EU) and Tanzania dates back over nearly forty years. The Delegation was opened in Dar Es Salaam in 1976 after the United Kingdom´s accession to the European Community paved the way for...

Africa
Tanzania
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning

A Video Blog Mission Report on the Cooperation in Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

Before Sarah Douik joined the recent EU Press and Information Officers Seminar in Tanzania, she contacted the capacity4dev.eu Coordination Team to borrow a small camera and receive simple video training. To give an example of what...

Africa
Tanzania
Communicating Development Cooperation

Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

Article
Voices & Views

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the...

Africa
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Fisheries
Forests

Civil Society Representatives Give Feedback on EU Development Policy

Article
Voices & Views

The European Commission invited representatives from civil society and local government authorities from the European Union and partner countries to Brussels recently in order to improve consultation with respect to EU development...

Africa
Morocco
Cameroon
+5
Americas & the Caribbean
Mexico
Asia
Bangladesh
Europe
Civil Society
Non-state actors

Giving a Voice to the Voiceless in Zanzibar

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Voices & Views

Fatm Said and her five children were forced from their home in Zanzibar at knife point. The man wielding the blade wasn’t a thief or local hoodlum but her husband wanting what he said was rightfully his – the house. And the local...

Africa
Tanzania
Capacity Development
Culture
Gender
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Difficulties Matching Theory and Practice in Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

“Compliance with financial regulations and disbursement pressure continues to drive the agenda. In this regard, we wonder what room there is to adopt the Backbone Strategy principles,” said Enrico Strampelli Head of Development...

Africa
Tanzania
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Governance & Corruption
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning