Tanzania sets 400,000 hectares of land for wheat cultivation

게시됨 2022년 7월 2일

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Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture is planning to cultivate 400,000 hectares of land with wheat over the next three years, in an effort to reduce the country's reliance on wheat imports. In 2021, Tanzania produced 70,000 tonnes of wheat, but still imported between 800,000 tonnes and 1 million tonnes. The Ministry is distributing 50,000 tons of wheat seeds to farmers. However, wheat farmers in some regions have abandoned wheat cultivation due to low prices. The country spends 1.3trn/- annually on imports of wheat and other essential crops.

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Bashe said the 400,000 hectares of land will be cultivated with wheat in wheat growing regions within three years beginning in 2022. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania produced 70,000 tonnes of wheat in 2021 while the country imports between 800,000 tonnes and 1 million tonnes of wheat annually. Speaking to stakeholders of the crop from various regions that met in the capital Dodoma, Bashe said the Ministry of Agriculture is in the process of distributing 50,000 tons of wheat seeds to farmers. He urged regional commissioners from wheat producing regions to oversee the massive cultivation of the cereal without fail. Omary Mgumba, the Songwe regional commissioner, said wheat farmers in the region abandoned cultivating the crop and shifted to growing other crops after prices of wheat had dropped. The Ministry of Agriculture's draft for the Agriculture Sector Development Program (ASDPII 2021-25) indicates that 70 percent of locally consumed wheat is imported. The ...

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