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Tanzania to collaborate with the Netherlands to improve potato production

Published Sep 7, 2022

Tridge summary

The Dutch embassy in Tanzania is advocating for more emphasis on potato crops, as they are a crucial source of nutrition and can be adapted to local farming practices. With the introduction of improved potato seed varieties from the Netherlands, farmers can enhance the efficiency of their crops, leading to increased income, employment opportunities, and entrepreneurship. This can also help address food insecurity and build climate change resilience, especially among small-scale farmers in Tanzania.
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Original content

The Ambassador of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tanzania, Wiebe de Boer, want increased attention for the importance of the crop. He says in Tanzania, potato crops are predominantly smallholders in a low input-output farming system. As a crop, the potato has the potential to make a significant contribution to food and nutrition security because it is a nutrient-dense food and can be well suited to the local farming systems. With the availability of improved Dutch potato seed varieties, farmers have an opportunity to increase efficiency in farming which will trigger more investments and trade within and ...
Source: Argenpapa
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