CA with FAO for ''Strengthening Plant Health Services in Tanzania for enhanced Food Safety''

About this project

<p>The overall objective of the action is to increase access to safe and quality agricultural produce for national and international markets. To achieve this goal, the action will focus on the following objectives: Specific Objective 1 The national system of official controls for the import and export of agricultural products is strengthened. Specific Objective 2 The National Plant Health Services make use of a reliable surveillance and plant protection system. To attain SO1, focus will be on construction and equipping of a headquarters for the newly formed TPHPA using funds contributed by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and support its operationalization, improving inspection capacity of professionals in the field and at border inspection posts with regards to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (both EU and International) through training and equipping inspection posts and reference laboratory(ies) with relevant tools and infrastructure development, improving capacities in field verification, inspection of produce and processing units and phytosanitary certification. For SO2, emphasis will be placed on strengthening field surveillance systems and setting up a reliable and innovative digital system to improve data collection and transmission to higher level as well as information sharing amongst stakeholders. The action will be implemented nationwide in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Direct beneficiaries will be Plant Health Officers (both border and fie…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Tanzania

Sectors

Plant and post-harvest protection and pest control

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesTrade development · Main focusGood governance · Also contributes

Places

TZ - Tanzania, TZ - CIIP-SDTF_20, TZ - Dodoma

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-PCC-427711.

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