How Tanzania agriculture can cope with effects of climate change

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Tanzanian farmers have been suffering as a result of the effects of climate change, which force them to record losses every year

According to him, education should be extended to the citizens who pollute the environment. He said SAGCOT and its stakeholders have designed a system used to oversee investors’ role on environmental pollution in the agriculture sector. “Big and small companies that have partnered with SAGCOT are now audited annually using the guideline known as Inclusive Green Growth Guiding Tool (IGGGT),” he said. “They are annually required to assess themselves how the investment they have made in the sector is contributing in the environmental and river pollution as well as tree felling or relocation of communities,” he added. Mr Banga also reiterated the usual call from developing countries that developed nations (industrialised countries) should fulfil their commitments reached in different global summits including the Paris Agreement.

How Tanzania agriculture can cope with effects of climate change

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