Tanzania: Government, stakeholders to promote agriculture value chain

THE government has reiterated its commitment to collaborate with Farm Africa and other stakeholders to promote agriculture value chain to benefit entrepreneurs and the whole economy. Ministry of Agriculture’s Acting Director for Policy and Planning, Mr Timoth Semuguruka, made the remarks yesterday at a forum on market opportunities for horticultural products and produce. "We congratulate Farm Africa who has been providing different knowledge on production, value addition and marketing to smallholder producers, their role is enormous and the government recognises their contribution," he said. He said government was emphasizing smallholders to add value in order to get markets and that the ministry has specialised department for marketing of agricultural products. He further insisted that in the country there was no food problem but there is a marketing problem. He also clarified that the aim of doing so was to facilitate better pricing of crops and urged farmers to continue ...