United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation have signed 2 agreements to boost agriculture in Tanzania.

United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation have signed 2 agreements to boost agriculture in  Tanzania.

Speaking after the signing of the documents, Mr Kafeero said that the agreement on Climate Smatter Agriculture is meant to support and strengthen resilience of farmers in the face of climate change.

He said through the project worth 500,000 US dollars , FAO will be specifically working with Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) in ensuring timely and relevant information is provided in a manner that farmers can understand weather patterns and climate related aspects.

“In financing the project, we are working in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture and other partners,” he said. He further said that the second agreement relates to improving competitiveness particularly for rice production in Iringa Region.

This is financed through the European Union to a tune of 1.5 million US dollars. FAO also uses its technical cooperation programme funds to co finance this particular project, ideally it is meant for farmers to make meaningful income out of their work in rice production.

The Ministry’s PS, between Eng Mathew Mtigumwe, the Permanent secetary of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, and Mr Fred Kafeero, FAO country respresenative.

“The issue of climate and improving competitiveness in rice production are well highlighted in ASDP II, thus this is a good sign for implementation of the programme,” he said.

Source: https://dailynews.co.tz/

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