The government of Tanzania has earmarked a total of 400,000 hectares of land for wheat cultivation, a move aimed at ending crop shortage in the country. Hussein Bashe, the Minister of Agriculture, said the 400,000 hectares of land would be cultivated with wheat in wheat-growing regions within three years, beginning in 2022. According to the...
Coal in Tanzania has become essential in transforming energy production. Tanzania’s coal reserves at estimated to be 1.9 billion tonnes. Tanzania coal is now exported to foreign markets. Tanzania’s Mchuchuma coal deposits has around 540 billion tonnes of reserves. Mining in Tanzania is one of the most vital sectors in the country Tanzania’s mining has...
Sugar ranks amongst the most imported products in Tanzania. In 2020, raw sugar was the 14th most imported product in Tanzania, and the country became the 53th largest importer of raw sugar in the world. According to UN Food Prices Index, Food prices have been at their highest since records began 60 years ago, according to...
Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture to work closely with USAID to improve the agriculture sector through intensive agriculture research and utilize the role of agriculture extension officers. Minister of Agriculture, Prof. Adolf Mkenda met with Kate Somvongsiri, Mission Director for USAID Tanzania and discussed the ministry’s plan to improve agriculture production and ways for them to...