Figure 4:  Tanzania ~ Key institutions in Stage 1 targeting

DECISION MAKERS

INFORMATION SOURCES

ADMINISTRATIVE

REPORTS & REQUESTS

TANDREC

from DISTRICTS & REGIONS

(Tanzania Disaster

Relief Committee)

FOOD SECURITY DEPT

Secretariat

(Ministry of Agriculture)

CROP FORECASTS

DISASTER RELIEF

COORDINATION

DEPARTMENT

(PMO)

Chair

NGO/ WFP FIELD REPORTS

WFP VAM  UNIT

SCF FEA REPORTS for WFP

FOOD EMERGENCY

SUB COMMITTEE

(includes

implementing NGOs)

JOINT ASSESSMENTS

Secretariat

(GoT, UN, FEWS etc)

WFP

DAC

FOOD GROUP

FEWS *

USAID

dotted outlines = committees and ad hoc groupings;    

    = main information flows

* FEWS information flows are simplified for the sake of readability. While its main reporting responsibility is to USAID,

its bulletins are widely circulated to other decision makers and counterpart institutions.

Information providers

The Government Early Warning System in Tanzania involves several sections of the Ministry of

Agriculture and Co operatives 

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,  the Directorate of Meteorology in the Ministry of Works and

Communications, and the Bureau of Statistics in the Planning Commission. The system was first

established in 1978, on the recommendation and with the assistance of FAO: its primary focus is on

early detection of drought induced crop failure, and on the aggregate availability of food as estimated

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   namely the Crop Monitoring and Early Warning Unit; the Strategic Grain Reserve; the Statistics Unit; the

Marketing Development Bureau; and the Agricultural Inputs and Plant Protection Unit.

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