Tanzania committed to ending sunflower problems - PM

Published 2021년 6월 14일

Tridge summary

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa of Tanzania has unveiled a strategy to boost sunflower production with the goal of reducing the country's reliance on imported cooking oil, which costs the nation Sh474 billion annually. This plan aims to double sunflower production to one million tonnes by 2025, meeting 60% of the country's cooking oil demand. To facilitate this, the government has increased funding for the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute and the Agricultural Seeds Authority. The prime minister called on regional and district commissioners to encourage sunflower cultivation among farmers. The government also aims to address challenges such as the lack of seed availability and the absence of financial linkages between farmers and processors.

Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday said the government is committed to working on challenges plaguing sunflower production in order to save the Sh474 billion spent annually on importing cooking oil. Mr Majaliwa believes that the amount spent on importing 360,000 to 400,000 tonnes of the product annually could be used in implementing development projects. The premier was speaking in Singida Region during the launch of a national campaign to increase sunflower production in order to improve cooking oil production that brought together several stakeholders from the public and private sector. "Sh474 billion could be used for implementation of development projects, including schools, healthcare centres, roads, etc. The money could be served through implementation of a special strategy to increase production of sunflower, palm oil, cotton, groundnuts, sesame etc used for producing edible oil," he said. He said the country's demand for cooking oil stood at 650,000 ...

Source: All Africa