Tanzania, April 20 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian researchers striving to combat poverty and vulnerability within the country have the opportunity to obtain small and medium grants from the recently unveiled Data and Evidence to End Extreme Poverty (DEEP) Challenge Fund.

Many of the researchers explain that the lack of funds specifically targeting the search for evidence to help combat poverty has been a long-standing challenge that has hindered their efforts to identify challenges in various areas of the country.

"We have been conducting research, but it has been to assist the funder with what they wanted. However, now the existence of funds, specifically for seeking local evidence on poverty, considering that poverty varies even environm...