International Development Grant
World Food Program - Urban Food Safety Net in Tanzania 2020 to 2023
Project Number: CA-3-P009497001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $5,000,000.00
Start Date: October 27, 2020
End Date: March 31, 2023
Duration: 2.4 years
Project Description
The Urban Food Security Net in Tanzania aims to temporarily extend the national safety net to assist vulnerable individuals in urban areas across 10 regions. Project activities include: (1) initiating short-term humanitarian intervention through cash transfers to aid individuals facing food insecurity. This target disadvantaged urban neighborhoods in identified high-risk regions of Tanzania mitigating the negative impacts of COVID-19; and (2) conducting food security monitoring using a vulnerability assessment and mobile mapping tool across the Tanzanian mainland and in Zanzibar.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) the ability of refugees and other individuals facing severe food insecurity in Tanzania to meet their basic food and nutrition needs during crises; (2) the capacity of disaster management and social protection systems in Tanzania to reliably address the fundamental food and nutrition needs of the poorest populations especially those most affected by food insecurity throughout the year including in times of crisis.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2023) include: (1) provided cash support to 485 000 vulnerable individuals (51% women 49% men) to sustain food consumption and diversify diets; (2) decreased proportion of households applying high consumption-based coping from 46% baseline to 32% at the endline reflecting reduced food-related stress among the beneficiaries; and (3) reduced percentage of households adopting crisis and emergency livelihood from 50% to 29% indicating reduced household stress in meeting food and other essential needs. The project contributed to improved disaster management and social protection to address the fundamental food and nutrition needs of the poorest populations.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
WFP - World Food Programme
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal