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The Agricultural Sector Development Strategy II (ASDS-2) is a guiding tool for implementing the sectoral policies for the period 2015–2025. The Goal of the Strategy is to contribute to Tanzania’s national economic growth and poverty reduction (Vision 2025/LTPP) by: promoting inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth; reducing rural poverty by 2025/26); improving food and nutrition security (reduce % of rural HHs below food poverty line by 2025/26). ASDS-2 integrates the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) objectives and reflects most of the vision and principles enunciated in the Tanzania Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan (TAFSIP). Identified key priorities for ASDS-2 include: (i) the role of science and technology (research, extension, fertilizer use by small-commercial farmers); (ii) further priorities such as irrigation, finance, mechanization, agro-processing and access to markets; but also (iii) strong articulation with other sector initiatives such as, Big Results Now (BRN) and Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). It aims at transforming the agricultural sector into a modern market to achieve food security and poverty reduction, contributing to realization of Tanzania Development Vision 2025 (TDV) that envisages raising the general standard of living of Tanzanians by 2025. 3.1 As an important contribution to realization of TDV (2025), the ASDS II envisages an agricultural sector in the year 2025 being modernized, commercial, market-oriented, highly productive and profitable, resilient, utilizing natural resources in an sustainable manner, securing food security throughout the country, expanding its export to international markets and contributing to improved livelihood in rural and urban areas. Increasing sustainable productivity of crops, livestock and export commodities improving household nutrition and food security, especially of smallholder families, and vulnerable rural families; this would be enabled by productivity-enhancing technology research and extension coverage, facilitated through strengthened research-extension linkages, effective extension models, responsive to climate change trends; expanded and inclusive private sector role, and stronger and more effective farmer cooperatives and organizations’ which also would support and promote expanded marketed production, enabled by expanded and sustainable access to rural finance. 4.1 Expanded Sustainable Water and Land Use Management (including for Irrigation, Livestock and Fishery) made more efficient and Inclusive strategic interventions: Appropriate use of natural resources would enhance productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector as well as conserve the environment through (4.2.1.2) women and youth participation in modernization. IR 4.4 Disaster Management and Resilience Improved Natural disasters in the country include drought, heavy rain followed by flood, migration of disease and pests for crops and livestock, deforestation, soil degradation, among others. As a consequence, crop and livestock production are directly affected and negative impact on social and economic activities are evident. This will easily bring down majority of smallholders into acute and/or chronic food insecurity and poverty. Climate change is already in place and expected to become more significant in the future. Therefore, immediate actions are required toward increased resilience in agriculture (pag. 34).