World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

The purpose of this report is to provide a general overview of Tanzania’s food security situation in recent years.  It aims to form an information base to support decision making and policy design with respect to food security.  This report follows the Comprehensive Food Security Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) undertaken in coordination with the government of Tanzania in 2010.  
The 2012 report focuses primarily on data generated by the Tanzania National Panel Survey (NPS) conducted as part of the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) in collaboration with the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).  The findings presented are from the 2008-09 and 2010-11 surveys.
A distinctive feature of the National Panel Survey is that data are generated for the same set of selected households in both phases of the study.  This study used this rich information to track households’ food security over the two-year period. 
The main objective of this study was to measure levels, patterns and trends of food insecurity indicators in both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.  The study presents findings at the administrative zone level for all indicators in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

The 2009/10 United Republic of Tanzania Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food security situation in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
The main objective of this study, which is the second after the first one done in 2005-06, was to measure levels, patterns and trends of food and nutrition insecurity and compare the results with those from the earlier study. This assessment was designed to provide estimates at regional level in Mainland Tanzania and at district level for Zanzibar.

The Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides information in general on food security and nutritional status in rural Tanzania, it also documents resource allocation and what is accessible to rural households.