WFP Critical Corporate Initiative: Climate response analysis Tanzania

Climate change is one of the key drivers of hunger in Tanzania. WFP is supporting vulnerable communities to adapt to the changing climate and build resilience. WFP has worked with partners the Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT, and CGIAR to perform a climate risk analysis of Tanzania and recommend actions to manage these identified risks. 

Tanzania’s agricultural production system is largely dependent on rainfall and is thus highly susceptible to variabilities in rainfall and temperature. An economic analysis conducted using the IMPACT model projects that, despite climate-induced losses, improved production and yield will increase the availability and stability of Tanzania’s food supply until 2050. Tanzania has strong institutional capacity and a solid policy base to help improve food and nutrition security and manage the impacts of climate change. However, the implementation of these policies at the zonal level is limited by weak links and coordination between institutions, a lack of human resource capacity, and small budgets.