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| United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Tanzania Mission Director Robert Cunnane and Feed the Future Team Member Alphonce Kyariga (3rd from the left) meet with 11Tanzanian Statisticians who will travel to the U.S. for a two week study tour. While in the U.S. the statisticians will attend seminars hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and gain valuable skills needed to enhance the Tanzanian Statistical Master Plan. (photo by the courtesy of U.S. Embassy) |
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On Friday, October 12, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a send-off for eleven Government of Tanzania statisticians who work directly with agriculture statistics and will travel to Washington, D.C and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Through sessions on proper organization, methodology, and program management, the statisticians will be exposed to information to further contribute to the agriculture component of the Tanzanian Statistical Master Plan. The plan will determine future agricultural statistical strategies and adequately measure agriculture growth in Tanzania.
The statisticians will spend two weeks in the U.S. attending lectures hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and then travelling to West Lafayette, Indiana to tour and study U.S. agricultural operations in the field. The participants will learn about organization, methodology and management of programs for preparing official agricultural statistics. The study tour is sponsored by USAID through Feed the Future, which is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. One of the main components of Feed the Future is building the capacity of individuals and institutions for sustainable agricultural growth in Tanzania.
Speaking at the send-off event hosted at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, USAID Mission Director Robert F. Cunnane remarked on the importance of investment in training for agriculture, “At USAID, we believe it is important to invest in the ongoing education and skill development of Tanzania’s agricultural experts so they can provide Tanzania with the data needed for planning and making informed decisions to achieve food security which will lead to holistic agriculture sector growth.”
The statisticians represent seven government organizations including: the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Cooperatives; the National Bureau of Statistics; the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing; the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries; the East Africa Statistical Training Centre; the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources on Zanzibar; and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar. The individuals were selected due to their leadership and involvement in the national technical working group tasked with developing a strategic plan for strengthening the agricultural statistics system as a subcomponent of the Tanzania Statistical Master Plan.
On Friday, October 12, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a send-off for eleven Government of Tanzania statisticians who work directly with agriculture statistics and will travel to Washington, D.C and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Through sessions on proper organization, methodology, and program management, the statisticians will be exposed to information to further contribute to the agriculture component of the Tanzanian Statistical Master Plan. The plan will determine future agricultural statistical strategies and adequately measure agriculture growth in Tanzania.
The statisticians will spend two weeks in the U.S. attending lectures hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and then travelling to West Lafayette, Indiana to tour and study U.S. agricultural operations in the field. The participants will learn about organization, methodology and management of programs for preparing official agricultural statistics. The study tour is sponsored by USAID through Feed the Future, which is the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. One of the main components of Feed the Future is building the capacity of individuals and institutions for sustainable agricultural growth in Tanzania.
Speaking at the send-off event hosted at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, USAID Mission Director Robert F. Cunnane remarked on the importance of investment in training for agriculture, “At USAID, we believe it is important to invest in the ongoing education and skill development of Tanzania’s agricultural experts so they can provide Tanzania with the data needed for planning and making informed decisions to achieve food security which will lead to holistic agriculture sector growth.”
The statisticians represent seven government organizations including: the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Cooperatives; the National Bureau of Statistics; the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing; the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries; the East Africa Statistical Training Centre; the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources on Zanzibar; and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar. The individuals were selected due to their leadership and involvement in the national technical working group tasked with developing a strategic plan for strengthening the agricultural statistics system as a subcomponent of the Tanzania Statistical Master Plan.
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