Country Profile - Tanzania

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS)

Directorate of Research and Development (DRD)

Crops, livestock, natural resources, socio-economics

346

346.0

2000

 

 

Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (TPRI)

Pesticides 

36

36.0

2000

 

 

Tse-Tse & Trypanosiomasis Research Institute (TTRI)

Animal health

7

7.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI)

Forestry, natural resources

21

21.0

2000

 

 

Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) 

Fisheries

30

30.0

2000

 

 

Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)

Wildlife

na

na

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-profit

 

Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TACRI)

Coffee

10

3.0

2000

 

 

 Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIR)

Tea 

11

9.0

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)

 

Crops, livestock, animal health, natural resources, socio-economics

243

72.9

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Dar-es-Salaam

Faculty of Science: Department of Botany

Botany

22

2.2 

2000

 

 

Faculty of Science: Department of Zoology and Marine Biology 

Zoology, fisheries

28

8.4

2000

 

 

Institute of Marine Service (IMS)

Fisheries, natural resources

17

1.7

2000

 

 

Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA)

Natural resources, socio-economics

17

5.1

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In February 2001, the government of Tanzania was restructured. At that time, DRD’s livestock research institutes were relocated under the newly established Ministry of Water and Livestock Development. Despite this, to-date, livestock research at the field level remains under DRD responsibility.

ASTI country brief on Tanzania, 2003 (PDF 193K)