In a heartwarming display of national pride, Nargis Mohamed, the third runner-up in the 2003 Miss Tanzania pageant, recently visited the Tanzania Tea Board (TBT) pavilion at the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF-2024). Enchanted by the rich flavours of Tanzanian tea, Nargis praised the authentic taste of the locally produced beverage and encouraged fellow citizens to support…
Kilimokwanza.org Team In a strategic move to address the recent sugar production shortfalls, Tanzania’s Minister of Agriculture, Hussein M. Bashe, has announced the temporary allowance for the importation of sugar. This decision comes as a response to the unexpected decline in domestic sugar production, primarily due to heavy rainfall disrupting sugar cane harvesting. Over the past four years, Tanzania’s…
By Anthony Muchoki In the realm of global agriculture policy, Hussein Mohammed Bashe, Tanzania’s Minister of Agriculture, is often likened to Akinwumi A. Adesina, the former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture (2011 to 2015) and current President of the African Development Bank. Adesina’s term as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture was marked by a transformative approach that reoriented the sector towards…
By Hussein Bashe, Minister of Agriculture, Tanzania In Tanzania, the common bean plays a key role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as a food and nutrition security crop and a source of income. It is the leading legume crop, accounting for 78% of the land area cultivated with legumes. Tanzania produces an estimated 1.2 million tons of beans…
By AJM Muchoki Tanzania produces an estimated 1.2 million tons of common beans annually, making the country the top bean producer in Africa and seventh globally, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Hon Hussein Bashe. “Close to 6 million households in rural Tanzania depend on beans for their daily food, with per capita bean consumption estimated at 20 kg…
Tanzania’s FY 2022/2023 budget has allocated Shs 420 billion (USD 181 million) for the construction of irrigation schemes infrastructure, about an 805 per cent increase compared with the Sh46.5 billion (USD 20 million) set aside in FY 2021/2022. By Anthony Muchoki As food systems and transformation stakeholders gather in Kigali, Rwanda, for the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) –…