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[4/23, 16:45] +255 757 182 242: *Tanzania's National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA)* Welcome to National Food Reserve Agency NFRA's Website, NFRA is a Public Institution established as an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture . The Agency established for the purpose of guaranteeing national food security in times of food shortage. Thus the Agency has been established to carry out three main functions. There are; - Procuring, reserving and releasing food stocks to address disasters Recycling and releasing food stocks in the market in order to stabilize food supply, and Marketing food commodities and generating revenue. Therefore, the main role of the Agency is to procure food stocks, reserve, recycle and respond timely to food shortages in the country. Since its establishment the Agency has been successfully performing obligations by ensuring times procurement of grains from farmers and responding timely to food shortages in the country. NFRA has been a last resort to most farmers during grain procurement season. Furthermore, the Agency succeeded to reserve grain for number of years while observing quality standards which makes Tanzanian to enjoy quality food releasing by NFRA. It is the reverse were consumers within the country and outside the country can find grain with guaranteed quality. NFRA developed Strategic Plan which is operationalised by Business plan for a year after year execution. The Agency Plans explore an intention to increasing the reserve capacity of food stock up to 500,000 MT by 2018 by expanding and introducing use of modern storage facilities and technology. Expected growth in reserve will enable the Agency to increase level of reserved stock toward attaining national optimum food requirement and improving operational efficiently. Who We Are? The origin of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) goes back to the drought of 1973 - 1975 when Tanzania was hit by an acute food shortage as it was unable to meet its food requirement and had to depend on imports and food aid. As a result of that disaster the Government decided to establish Food Reserve Organ (Strategic Grain Reserve - SGR) in 1976 as a strategy for overcoming food shortages in the country. NFRA came into operation 2008, It took over responsibilities of the former Strategic Grain Reserve. NFRA is one of the public institutions established as an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture. It was established by the chapter 245 of the Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997 and came into effect on the 1st day of July, 2008, through the Executive Agency (The NFRA) (Establishment) Order 2008, Government Notice No. 81 published on 13th June, 2008. The Agency was established for the purpose of guaranteeing national food security by addressing food shortages through procuring, reserving and releasing food stocks efficiently and effectively. It took over responsibilities of the former Strategic Grain Reserve. VISION: A reliable Agency capable in responding timely to food shortages. MISSION: To ensure availability of strategic food stock in times of shortage by procuring, reserving, recycling and marketing food stock in an efficient manner for community wellbeing. Source: [4/23, 18:18] +255 757 182 242: Member's opinion: They (NFRA) can't do anything for food security. It would be much better idea to collaborate better on different levels that food can find its way to the market through supply and demand defined value. This is seriously confused when farmers are forced to supply their maize/corn to nfra without being paid even the right price at that particular time. Then food cannot automatically reach where the demand is. You can find food price tables for rice and corn where those commodities are more expensive at the places of origin than places like Dar es Salaam while the opposite is expected because there are transport costs, etc. This is surely a sign of too much intervention.

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_(Do Tanzanians understand thoroughly what *Food Security* is? And what *Acute Food Insecurity* means? Also do they know the current condition of food insecurity in the country?)_ *Uganda: Food Security Issues* April 2023 The government of Uganda has relied on *ad hoc measures* to handle food crises, but the committee led by Ms Janet Okorie-Moe recommends the allocation of Shs400 billion Ugandan shillings to boost food production, establish silos, and food reserves. _(Does the government of Tanzania rely on *ad hoc measures* to handle food crises?)_ This publication understands that the government of Uganda has collaborated with other ministries, departments, and agencies to formulate policies, strategies, programs, and plans to address food insecurity. _(Does the Tanzanian government have clear policies, strategies, programs, plans and goals to address food insecurity? Also, does the Tanzanian government collaborate with other ministries, departments, agencies and private sector to formulate, implement, execute, monitor and evaluate its policies, strategies, programs, plans and goals to tackle food insecurity?)_ According to the United Nations, approximately 2.4 million people in Uganda are facing acute food insecurity, with the number expected to rise to 3.5 million by June 2023. This is due to a combination of factors including climate change, conflict, and the Covid-19 pandemic. _(Do Tanzanians know similar statistics and projection regarding the number of people in Tanzania facing acute food insecurity?)_ The government's efforts to combat food insecurity have been hampered by the lack of a clear food security policy and strategy. Uganda has implemented several programs to combat acute hunger, including the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP), which aim to improve agricultural productivity and enhance food security but have also faced tremendous challenges. _Click link below to read the whole article_👇🏽

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