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                        Financial institutions urged to extend wings to cover rural farmers   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 11, 2014  by 
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                      PRIVATE Agricultural Sector Support (PASS)--an entity working to stimulate increased growth of private commercial farmers and agribusiness in thecountry want financial institutions to extend wings to rural farmers and offer loans to make such activities more sustainable. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 47. | 
                        ANSAF calls for better agricultural policies   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 11, 2014  by 
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                      AGRICULTURE Non State Actors Forum (ANSAF) has asked the government to regulate and facilitate policies that create good environment in agricultural activities. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 48. | 
                        Farmers advised to go green to improve harvests   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 11, 2014  by 
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                      The government has called upon small scale farmers in the country to ensure they adopt the use of green house technology in order to improve their yields and make effective use of water resources. | 
                    
                     
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                        Rukwa farmers secure maize market in DRC   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 11, 2014  by 
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                      The Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) last month secured a market in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for thousands of tonnes of maize harvest from Rukwa Region. | 
                    
                     
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                        Tanzanians invited to invest in S.Sudan's agro-business   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 04, 2014  by 
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                      Vice President of the Republic of Southern Sudan, Gen. James Wani Igga has welcomed Tanzanian’s to invest in the agriculture sector of his country which according to him is highly underutilized. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 51. | 
                        Cotton firm trains farmers how to improve production   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 04, 2014  by 
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                      COTTON and textile development programme (CTDP) is promoting twenty high performing farmers to be village-based agro dealers in charge of quality input service providers. | 
                    
                     
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                        Zanzibar to host modern rice seeds production projects, says State House   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, August 04, 2014  by 
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                      To be confined to the Isles, modern rice seeds production projects are to be conducted as support for Tanzania‘s efforts for food security, President Jakaya Kikwete was assured earlier this week. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 53. | 
                        1bn/- set aside to upgrade ranches under NARCO   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 31, 2014  by 
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                      The government has set aside 1bn/- in 2014/15 fiscal year to improve all ranches in the country which are under the National Ranch Company (NARCO) including increasing the number of livestock in the west Kilimanjaro ranch. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 54. | 
                        Public told to monitor agriculture development funds   | 
                    
                     
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                      Monday, July 28, 2014  by 
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                      The public has been asked to pay close attention in monitoring agriculture, education, water and health sector related projects at the district council level in order to promote efficiency and accountability to public funds earmarked for development projects. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 55. | 
                        EU donates vehicles for agriculture   | 
                    
                     
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                      Friday, July 25, 2014  by 
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                      THE European Union (EU) handed over 21 motor vehicles worth about 1.4bn/- to spur productivity and competitiveness in the country’s agricultural sector. | 
                    
                     
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                      | 56. | 
                        Kigoma farmers promised seeds   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 24, 2014  by 
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                      HE Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Eng. Christopher Chiza, has promised to give sunflower seeds to farmers in Nyamtukuza and Kakonko wards in Kakonko District, Kigoma Region, to help in meeting increased demand. | 
                    
                     
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                        Kikwete cautions farmers on proper loan utilisation   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 24, 2014  by 
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                      PRESIDENT Kikwete has stressed the need for farmers to utilize loans they receive for the intended purpose in order to improve their welfare. | 
                    
                     
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                        Increased govt support of agro-input suppliers encouraged   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 24, 2014  by 
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                      The government has been called on to augment its support to agro-input partners in the agricultural sector if set national initiatives are to be met.   Highlighting the vital role of increased government participation in public-private partnership initiatives, the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Country Head, Dr Mary Mgonja, said reliable supply of inputs is the key to the country’s planned green revolution. | 
                    
                     
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                        NatureRipe pasteurizer, juice making plant to help mango farmers   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 24, 2014  by 
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                      In a move to create a stable and lucrative domestic market for small scale farmers engaging in mango and other tropical fruits production, the Tanzania Agricultural Productivity Program (TAPP) has donated a pasteurizer and juice making plant worth 80,000 euros (Tsh184million) to a local liquid food processing company, NatureRipe Kilimanjaro Ltd. | 
                    
                     
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                        Coastal farmers take up tolerant maize varieties   | 
                    
                     
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                      Thursday, July 24, 2014  by 
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                      Farmers along the coast, with coconut crop dominance as their major agricultural produce have the opportunity to increase production and earn more from their produce following their move to adopt drought tolerant maize varieties TAN-H 600 and TAN-H 250 on their coconut based farms. 
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