In the last decade, IFAD has pursued two different strategies in Tanzania, which are captured in the 1993 Country Strategy Report (CSR) and the 1998 COSOP. The former strategy targeted the poorest in marginal areas, supporting agricultural interventions that would enhance production and also respond to the social needs of the rural poor, for example in terms of providing drinking water and health services. On the other hand, the COSOP promotes a broad-based growth-oriented approach to rural poverty alleviation, with emphasis on those rural poor who are able to contribute to growth in the agriculture sector.
3. Katika muongo uliopita, IFAD ilitumia mikakati miwili tofauti nchini Tanzania, ambayo inajitokeza katika Ripoti ya Mkakati kwa Tanzania ya mwaka 1993 (CSR) na COSOP ya mwaka 1998. CSR ililenga nchi zilizokuwa maskini kabisa kwa kusaidia miradi ya kilimo ambayo inaboresha uzalishaji na pia inazingatia mahitaji ya watu maskini wa vijijini kwa mfano, kwa kuwapatia maji na huduma za afya. COSOP kwa upande wake huzingatia mikakati iliyo na malengo mapana zaidi ambayo hulenga kuutokomeza umaskini vijijini, mkazo mkubwa ukiwa kwa maskini vijijini ambao wanaweza kuongeza uzalishaji katika sekta ya kilimo, wakati wale walio maskini kabisa wakijiondoa kutoka kwenye shughuli za kilimo na kujaribu bahati zao katika sekta nyinginezo au wakitafuta kazi za ajira katika sekta ya kilimo.