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166.	Major agricultural extension providers in Tanzania
	Wednesday, March 22, 2006  by Admin
	While agricultural extension services in Tanzania have mostly been provided and financed by the public sector, the landscape is changing with regard to the provision of extension services in the country. Observations reveal that several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and farmer-led initiatives have, over time, supplemented extension service delivery of the public extension services with cost-sharing, but these experiences have not been formally integrated into the extension system nor has their potential to reduce public expenditure and improve quality of extension service been considered.
167.	Tanzania to Invite New Bids for Rubber Plantations
	Friday, March 17, 2006  by Admin
	Tanzania has terminated a management contract for the two largest rubber plantations in East Africa awarded to a Kenyan firm, saying the company breached the terms of the agreement. The contract for the concessioning of Kihuhwi and Kalungwa rubber plantations was signed in May 2000 but the government says the lessee - Jumaan Muhsin-El-Ardhi Company Ltd of Mombasa - has failed to pay salaries to more than 1,000 workers, among other omissions.
168.	Tanzania Economy Upbeat Despite Drought, Says Bank
	Friday, March 17, 2006  by Admin
	The Standard Bank of South Africa says in its latest prognosis of the Tanzania economy that it expects inflation to rise to an average of 6 per cent in the second half of this year, mainly due to drought-induced food shortages. But the bank still predicts a favourable economic outlook, which it bases on the signals that the new administration of President Jakaya Kikwete will adopt an expansionary fiscal policy.
169.	Tanzania to woo investment to agriculture
	Friday, March 17, 2006  by Admin
	Tanzania has planned to attract this year more foreign investment into agriculture to boost the overall economic growth of the country. The east African country has worked out strategies to boost investment into such sectors as agro-processing and irrigation, according to the Tanzania Investment Center on Thursday. The executive director of the center, Emmanuel ole Naiko, said that his country had been set to attract 550 million U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows this year.
170.	Tanzania to woo investment to agriculture
	Friday, March 17, 2006  by Admin
	Tanzania-Investment Tanzania has planned to attract this year more foreign investment into agriculture to boost the overall economic growth of the country. The east African country has worked out strategies to boost investment into such sectors as agro-processing and irrigation, according to the Tanzania Investment Center on Thursday. The executive director of the center, Emmanuel ole Naiko, said that his country had been set to attract 550 million U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows this year.
171.	Tanzania to Invite New Bids for Rubber Plantations
	Friday, March 17, 2006  by Admin
	Tanzania has terminated a management contract for the two largest rubber plantations in East Africa awarded to a Kenyan firm, saying the company breached the terms of the agreement. The contract for the concessioning of Kihuhwi and Kalungwa rubber plantations was signed in May 2000 but the government says the lessee - Jumaan Muhsin-El-Ardhi Company Ltd of Mombasa - has failed to pay salaries to more than 1,000 workers, among other omissions.
172.	Government committed to revival of sisal industry
	Thursday, March 16, 2006  by Admin
	The Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, Nazir Karamagi, has pledged the government’s commitment to expand sisal farming if current trials on production of energy from sisal waste are successful. The Minister made the pledge at Hale Sisal Estate, in Korogwe District, Tanga Region on his first visit to the sisal industry since his appointment in January, this year.
173.	Wheat farmers under threat
	Wednesday, March 8, 2006  by Admin
	Nuisance tax on wheat, and poor support from the government has contributed to the poor performance of the wheat crop for a long time. The government abolished the nuisance tax more than two years ago, but local authorities have managed to maintain it by renaming it. Speaking to this paper, a wheat trader, Juma Kigwaje, said wheat farmers in Tanzania will continue to suffer unless deliberate measures are taken by the government to reverse the situation.
174.	Weekend of Charity Games Raises Funds for Coffee Projects
	Sunday, March 5, 2006  by Admin
	Weekend of Charity Games Raises Funds for Coffee Projects - Friedkins Recreational Centre (FRC) last weekend hosted charity games between representations of the Coffee Industry. Players were divided into an East African Coffee XI v/s Rest of the World Coffee XI. The teams Played for "Kahawa Cup", a trophy was created especially for Eastern African Fine Coffee Association (EAFCA) to raise funds.
175.	East Africa International Trade Fair for Horticulture & Floriculture
	Wednesday, March 1, 2006  by Admin
	The Trade Fair venue is Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi. It starts on the 8th March to 10th March. A seminar programme will run concurrrently with the show.
176.	Accelarating Africa's Agricultural Plan
	Wednesday, March 1, 2006  by Admin
	All Africa - Most African Governments agree that agriculture must lead to economic development, even though they do not have the know-how to let this happen.
177.	Animal Traction Development in Iringa Region, Tanzania: project approaches and future requirements
	Tuesday, February 28, 2006  by Admin
	Animal traction is not well developed in Iringa Region although there is limited spread of technology through natural diffusion. Animal traction has potential to increase food security in the region and should therefore be promoted. As income from cash crops is generally low, privatised self-supporting training programmes will not be viable and hence government or donor intervention is still necessary.
178.	Coffee Farmers now go Organic
	Wednesday, February 22, 2006  by Admin
	Coffee farmers in Kilimanjaro region have turned to growing organic coffee for export under a project by Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative union. Other than fetching higher prices than the traditional coffee, its demand has increased among abroad consumers who are now demanding food produced without application of chemicals.
179.	Challenges of legislating for water utilisation in rural Tanzania
	Tuesday, February 21, 2006  by Admin
	This paper was presented at during the International workshop on "African Water Laws: Plural Legislative Frameworks for Rural Water Management in Africa" which took place in Johannesburg in 2005. This workshop came at a time when Tanzania was drafting new laws to go in hand with the implementation of the National Water Policy (NAWAPO).
180.	Tired of low coffee prices, farmers turn to vanilla
	Monday, February 20, 2006  by Admin
	Tired of low coffee prices, farmers turn to vanilla - Farmers in Kagera Region have resolved to cultivate vanilla instead of coffee as cash crop, owing to uninviting prices. An investigation carried out recently has confirmed that over 6,000 farmers are involved in planting the new crop because a kilogramme of ripe vanilla is fetching Tsh. 15,000. Vanilla is a tropical plant that produces substances used as a flavour in sweet foods.
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