Project summary:
Trans-SEC is supported by the funding initiative “Securing the Global Food Supply – GlobE” and embedded in the framework program “National Research Strategy BioEconomy 2030”. The project period is planned for five years. Seven German research institutes, two CGIAR research centres from Kenya and USA (ICRAF and IFPRI) as well as five Tanzanian institutes are involved in Trans-SEC. The German institutions comprise universities (UHOH, IUWHU), governmental institutes (ZALF, PIK, DIE) and private-consolidated research centres (DITSL), while the African partners are composed of a governmental research centres (ARI), a university (SUA) and non- governmental organizations (ACT, TFC) and the national farmer association (MVIWATA). Lead organization: Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Objectives:
To improve the food situation for the most-vulnerable rural poor population in Tanzania. This project is designed to identify successful food securing upgrading strategies and/or innovations along local and regional food value chains, test and adjust them to site-specific, sustainable settings and tailor these concepts to be disseminated for national outreach. After the project lifetime, the results can be implemented at different levels of policy, extension and research
Key findings: Trans-SEC produces four categories of scientific outcomes:
- Reports such as policy briefs and fact sheets;
- Scientific deliverables on the research tasks;
- Tools and models developed to support analysis on food security; and
- Scientific peer-reviewed papers in international journals.
