A call has been made to have a strong scientific approach to understanding the Blue Economy so as to ensure long-term prosperity for all Tanzanians.
The call was made over the weekend at the stakeholders’ workshop in Dodoma ahead of the UN World Oceans Day this week.Available statistics show that sectors related with Blue Economy contributed a total of 7.7 billion US dollars to Mainland Tanzania’s gross value added (GVA) in 2020.
The workshop was meant to discuss research results of the project “Socio-Economic and Ecological Assessment of the Blue Economy in Tanzania 2022: Application of UNECA’S Blue Economy Valuation Toolkit”.
The workshop was conducted by Dr Asiya Maskaeva of the University of Dodoma and Mr Jerry Mang’ena, the Executive Director – Aqua-Farms Organisaton who were involved by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub Regional Office of Eastern Africa (SRO-EA) as consultants in August 2022.
