Tanzania: PM directs increased palm oil seedlings production

Published 2023년 3월 8일

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Tanzania's prime minister has expressed concern over the country's reliance on imported cooking oil, despite having the potential to grow its own edible oil crops, especially palm oil. To address this, the Agency for Secondary Education (ASA) is planning to increase palm oil production by enhancing nurseries at its farms and introducing modern irrigation and greenhouses. The government is also encouraging farmers to cultivate palm oil to reduce import dependency. Currently, Tanzania's annual demand for edible oil is 650,000 tonnes, while production is only 290,000 tonnes, leading to an import bill of 470bn/- per year.

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The premier noted that it was far disconcerting that Tanzania spends over 470bn/- to import cooking oil annually while the country has all potential to grow numerous edible oil raw crops, chiefly palm oil. According to minister Majaliwa, increase in production and distribution of the seedlings will automatically stimulate and assist more farmers to chip in and start cultivating the crop, the needed helpful development which will improve edible oil production within the country. As part of responding to the prime minister’s directives, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ASA, Dr. Sophia Kashenge said the Agency was working to intensify palm oil production nurseries at its three main farms. So far, she expressed that ASA had established palm oil seedlings production nurseries at its farms of Bugaga (Kigoma), Mwele farm (Tanga) and the Morogoro-based Msimba farm. “The three major forms comprise useful nurseries for the production of palm oil seedlings and we’re currently working to ...

Source: IPPMedia