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Agricultural Planning and Policy to Improve Nutrition for the Rural Poor — The Tanzanian Experience

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The United Republic of Tanzania has an area of 939,704 square kilometres and a population of 15.3 million people. Over 90% of the population live in rural areas toiling as peasants for their livelihood. The population is growing at a fast rate of 2.7% a year and urban migration is high as indicated in the town population growth rate currently averaging 8% yearly.

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  1. Food Science and Technology, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Box 977, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    A. C. Mosha (Director)

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  1. Brazilian Nutrition Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Walter Santos , Nabuco Lopes , J. J. Barbosa  & Dagoberto Chaves , ,  & 

  2. National Food and Nutrition Institute and Associação Brasiliense de Nutrologia, Brazil

    José Carlos Valente

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Mosha, A.C. (1980). Agricultural Planning and Policy to Improve Nutrition for the Rural Poor — The Tanzanian Experience. In: Santos, W., Lopes, N., Barbosa, J.J., Chaves, D., Valente, J.C. (eds) Nutrition and Food Science: Present Knowledge and Utilization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1030-3_43

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