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Agriculture is essential to Tanzania’s economic and social fabric, accounting for 27% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 67% of jobs. However, due to technical, environmental, ecological, and social factors, the agricultural sector is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, resulting from climatic variabilities and increased likelihood of extreme weather events. These include erratic rainfall patterns, drought, shifting weather patterns, and increased disease incidences that continue to threaten the sector’s productivity. Climate change and changing temperature patterns have already contributed to a decline in agricultural productivity. Over the past two decades, the sector has experienced relatively low growth,in comparison to other sectors, according to World Bank national accounts data,. The sector contribution to GDP share dropped from 29% in 2000 to 23.7% in 2023. The World Bank found that agricultural productivity in Tanzania already suffers at least USD 200 million in annual losses due to weather-related risks. Climate and economic modelling have shown that climate change may have costed 17% of Tanzania’s economic growth potential in 2019, while national food production is projected to decrease by 8-13% by 2050 due to climate related factors. The value-loss of agricultural GDP over the coming five decades is estimated at approximately USD 27 billion. With agriculture playing an integral role in the lives of the country’s most marginalized and vulnerable populations – 80 - 90% of agricultural land is held by smallholder farmers, and 98% of economically active rural Tanzanian women are engaged in farming – the adverse effects of climate change will disproportionately harm those groups and hamper the country’s sustainable development.

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