data sharing.  It is 

RECOMMENDED that the Task Force would also be an appropriate

technical forum for developing an agreed analytical framework and procedures for joint

needs assessment missions to at risk areas in any future food crises

.  The importance of

such a framework as a preparedness measure is discussed in Chapter 2.

Finally, it is 

RECOMMENDED that the GoT should develop specific policy guidelines for the

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use and management of food aid, as an important and logical extension of its ongoing

UNDP supported review of disaster preparedness policy in general

. This recommendation is

also made for Uganda and Kenya (see the chapters following), and could be an item on the

agenda for regional discussions within the EAC.

Once the policy position on food aid and the beneficiary registration directives have been

reviewed, it is  

RECOMMENDED that technical guidelines and training on the management

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and targeting of food aid be provided to the relevant  Regional and District government

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offices in vulnerable areas.

  Where appropriate, this too could be done with the collaboration of

established NGOs with expertise in these areas.  Although the content of the policy and

operational guidelines need to be tailored and developed to fit the priorities and circumstances of

Tanzania, it is suggested that Ethiopia's experience of the process of defining and disseminating

new policy on food aid targeting could provide some useful lessons.

Given the severe resource constraints on local government, it is 

RECOMMENDED that future

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food aid distributions coordinated by the WFP and GoT be implemented by experienced

NGOs, but with a more formalised requirement to work jointly with District officers

wherever possible

.

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