🕵️ Intelligence Brief | Agricultural Espionage: A Silent Threat to Tanzania’s Food Sovereignty
Ujasusi Blog – Africa Strategic Security Desk| 📅 24 June 2025 | 🕒 0420 BST
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In the era of hybrid threats, espionage has extended its reach into the most unsuspecting of sectors—agriculture. While cyberattacks, economic sabotage, and political interference dominate headlines, a quieter but equally dangerous threat is growing: the theft and manipulation of agricultural knowledge, crops, pathogens, and biotechnology.
This strategic intelligence brief explores the global phenomenon of agricultural espionage, with a critical focus on Africa—particularly Tanzania. As a country where over 65% of the population depends on agriculture for livelihood, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to espionage-driven threats that target food systems, crop science, and biological infrastructure.