Past national - Canada Wheat Programme

Cards (10)

  • Canada provided $95m of aid as tanzania was experiencing low food security which meant that they had to rely on food aid
  • This aid helped Tanzania to develop sustainable seeds, training, chemical fertilisers, and machinery such as tractors. This allowed Tanzania to grow 60% wheat
  • provided 60% of Tanzania's wheat

    it used to be 20%
  • road and railway connections improved
    this made it better for the trade links
  • 150 mechanics gained skills 

    in machinery
  • 1992 drought in Southern Africa 

    Tanzania didnt have to rely on food aid
  • most tanzanians couldnt afford the bread made from wheat
    this meant that they would eat something else
  • crop yield was low
  • only a few jobs created
  • 40,000 barabaigs were beaten up