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THE government has set aside 40bn/- for construction of irrigation demonstration farms under the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) to help production of quality sunflower seeds to facilitate availability of sufficient edible oils in the country.
‘NDC looks for investor with new technology to revive General Tyre’
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‘NDC looks for investor with new technology to revive General Tyre’
THE government through National Development Corporation (NDC) is still looking for a serious investor with new technology to revive General Tyre industries in the Arusha region.
Deputy Minister for Agriculture Hussein Bashe made the remarks when answering a question from Arusha legislator Mrisho Gambo on behalf of the minister for Trade and Industries.
In his preliminary question the MP wanted to know the government plans to revive the factory as well as Pharmaceutical Industries to address shortage of drugs in the country.
Tanzanian avocado revenues at US$8.5 million
Avocado exports have contributed about US$8.5 million (Tzs 19.5 bn) to national revenues via the markets in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deputy Minister for Agriculture Hussein Bashe has stated that avocados are one of the fastest growing crops; exports of the crop had increased from 3,279 tons in 2015 to 9,000 tons in 2018. “The avocado crop has already been introduced as one of the strategic crops and the ministry is in the early stages of proposing the establishment of Horticultural Crops Authority, he said.
The Deputy Minister added that the Authority would be responsible for managing horticulture crops including avocados to increase productivity and meet the needs of the local, regional and international markets.
The East African
Monday March 15 2021
Trucks with imported maize from Tanzania waiting to offload outside Mombasa Maize Millers in Mombasa in this picture take in August 2019. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
Kenya has denied banning maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania over aflatoxin as the East African Community termed the decision not procedural.
The Agriculture and Food Authority in a letter dated March 5 said maize from the two countries have revealed high levels of mycotoxins “that are consistently beyond safety limits of 10 parts be billion” sparking off a fresh trade war between the three founding EAC partner states.
But while Kenya’s ministries of the East African Community and Trade remained tight-lipped, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya appeared to contradict the AFA letter when he denied banning maize imports.