Tanzania has emerged as a rare African success story on food security, achieving 128% sufficiency in 2024 and exporting surplus food across the region, just three years after battling a national food crisis. Here’s how the transformation happened. 

Tanzania, an East-African country with a population of 66.7 million people has set a new benchmark in food security, raising hope that the fight against rising hunger and malnutrition in Africa is achievable. The country is now a model for food security on the continent, a

Tanzania has emerged as a rare African success story on food security, achieving 128% sufficiency in 2024 and exporting surplus food across the region, just three years after battling a national food crisis. Here’s how the transformation happened. 

Tanzania, an East-African country with a population of 66.7 million people has set a new benchmark in food security, raising hope that the fight against rising hunger and malnutrition in Africa is achievable. The country is now a model for food security on the continent, a