Tanzania recorded a major stride today (February 24th 2010) in its effort to conquer hunger and reduce poverty when it launched a web-based system that hosts national statistical data, briefly referred to as CountrySTAT.   The web system was officially launched by the Director of Policy and Planning in the Ministry of...

When Tanzania officially signed the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) on 8th last month (July, 2010), the colourful function held in Dar es Salaam witnessed top flight attendance by the country's leadership led by President Jakaya Kikwete.   Flashing back to the array of leaders who graced the historic function, one...

CountrySTAT Tanzania through the National Bureau of Statistics organised a three-days meeting of the Technical Working Group to harmonise, update and upload the agricultural statistics for use by different stakeholders. The meeting took place at EDEMA Conference Centre in Morogoro Municipality from 16th to 18th October 2012. Present at the meeting...

Rome - The quality of statistical information from 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will be dramatically increased with grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reported FAO today. The US$ 5.6 million grant over two years will allow the 17 countries identified, through the FAO country statistics information system (CountrySTAT),...