areas are heavily concentrated in the rural non-farm sector. (...) Thus, agriculture's massive impact on poverty is indirect …

Agriculture is an economic activity important to achieving the poverty reduction strategy goals of Tanzania. Growth in … agriculture has made contributions to GDP, foreign exchange earnings, and income poverty reduction. However, despite high growth …, the growth pattern in agriculture (which employed about 70 percent of the population between 1998 and 2009) is not …

econometric tests support the view that the primary sector (mainly agriculture) has been the main driving force in poverty …