African Agriculture and Food Systems
“We are making efforts to ensure that the master plan is ready and comes into practice. Kenya implemented their dairy master plan in the 1990s and their production is better than ours. That’s why there is an urgent need for drawing the plan in our country. Tanzania Milk Processors Association (Tampa) has it will fully […]
The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) is an extensive agricultural development initiative designed to boost agricultural productivity, improve food security, and increase economic development across the southern region of Tanzania. The corridor stretches from Dar es Salaam on the eastern coast, through the central regions and extending to the western border of the […]
Arusha. A year ago, Tan-zanian parliamentarians endorsed the Value Added Tax Act 2014, amid fanfares and went home peacefully, little knowing that not everything that glitters is gold. Now, six months since the law came into force, it turned out to be the worst enemy of the multi-million-horticulture industry, direct foreign invest- ments, and to […]
Dar es Salaam. The private sector in Tanzania wants a sta- ble and predictable regulatory environment which will enable investors, operators and custom- ers to make long-term decisions withconfidence. Policy and regulatory instability for years have adversely affected the performance of businesses. If regulators can ensure a sta- ble and possibly, a predictable regulatory regime […]
The Release of the SAGCOT Investment Blueprint Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — September 2022 In the heart of East Africa, a quiet revolution has been unfolding across the vast and fertile landscapes of southern Tanzania. A decade ago, in the wake of mounting food insecurity, rural poverty, and underutilized agricultural land, the Government of Tanzania […]
Your Excellency Dr. Kofi Annan, Chairman of the African Green Revolution Alliance (AGRA); Your Excellency Dr. Eng. Gervais Rufyikiri, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi; Your Excellency Ambassador Seif Iddi, Second Vice President of Zanzibar; Honorable Ministers; Distinguished members of the diplomatic Corps; Invited Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; It gives me great pleasure […]
Dar es Salaam; 12th December 2012Tanzania’s horticultural industry investments and development facesmultifaceted challenges that need to be urgently addressed throughpublic private partnership for best solutions as matter of necessity.Participants at a horticulture stakeholders’ incentive meeting held inDar es Salaam ( 7th December 2012) noted that inadequate supportpolicies and regulatory framework exacerbated by poor infrastructureand insufficient […]
African investment Forum 2011 Programme Presidential Country Roundtables with Business Leaders-Tanzania The Tanzanian interactive session, which opened with the theme of Unleashing the Potentials of Agriculture in East Africa, was chaired by Mr. Sakum Shamte, the Chairman Agricultural Council of Tanzania. The session looked at the investment opportunities not only in Tanzania Mainland, but also […]
By Peter Singer Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as asymbol of commitment. Yet diamonds have led to gruesome murders, as well as widespreadrapes and amputations.Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia currently facing war crimes charges at a specialcourt in The Hague, […]
Changing the Way Cotton is Produced and Marketed in Tanzania A Case Study on Contract Farming COTTON AND TEXTILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CTDP) Changing the Way Cotton is Produced and Marketed in Tanzania A Case Study on Contract Farming April 2010 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary. 3 II. Overview of the Tanzanian Cotton Industry. […]