Transforming Tanzania’s Agrarian Sector through Maize Breeding By: Arnold A Mushongi (PhD), National Maize Breeder, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Uyole P. O. Box 400 Mbeya Tanzania February 29th 2012 i Table of contents Background …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Importance of maize in Tanzania……………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Advantage of use of improved cultivars ………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Constraints to maize production in Tanzania …………………………………………………………………………………..2 Disparity between actual…

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CISLAC’s POSITION PAPER FOR AGRA’S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK SESSION SEPTEMBER 2011, ACCRA, GHANA By: Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) CISLAC, No. 7, Mahathma Gandhi Street, Off Shehu Shagari Way, By Bulet Garden, Asokoro, Abuja. Email: cislacnationalassembly@yahoo.com, info@cislacnigeria.org Website: www.cislacnigeria.org GSM: +234-(0)8033844646, 07034118266 1.0     STATE OF AGRICULTURE AT CONTINENTAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS 1.1    …

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 Tanzania – Why a Potential Food Exporter is Still Importing Food*  Denise Wolter   Tanzania could be a major food-exporting country but currently struggles to meet its own food requirements due to low productivity and the predominance of subsistence farming.   To achieve the transformation of agriculture, the business environment in general and for agriculture in particular has to…

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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. 5 2.1.      Production Volume…

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    Position Paper: Key Agriculture Inputs to the Draft Zanzibar National Land Policy __________________________________________________________________________________ “Effective Land Policy and Land Laws:  A Stimulus for Agricultural Productivity” Prepared by: Organic Farming Association (OFA/UHAI Kwerekwe P.O. Box 2386, Zanzibar +255 7772 404470 E-mail: uhaznz@hotmail.com July 2013      1.         BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1.1       The Problem Land is critical to the economic, social, and…

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