Tanzania intends to accelerate agricultural expansion from 4 percent to 10 percent growth by 2030 through substantial investments in productive sectors. President Samia Suluhu Hassan outlined the strategy while addressing Parliament in Dodoma, emphasizing food self-sufficiency and value chain development to benefit workers employed across farming operations. The administration aims to position the country among Africa's leading producers of maize, rice and horticultural commodities.
The government will advance modernization efforts by expanding subsidized access to improved seeds, fertilizers and pesticides while increasing irrigated farmland from 3.4 million to 5 million acres. Authorities plan to complete existing dam and irrigation infrastructure projects alongside new schemes in the Rufiji River Basin to enhance water availability for agricultural operations under the principle that farming represents business and farmers function as investors.
The government will advance modernization efforts by expanding subsidized access to improved seeds, fertilizers and pesticides while increasing irrigated farmland from 3.4 million to 5 million acres. Authorities plan to complete existing dam and irrigation infrastructure projects alongside new schemes in the Rufiji River Basin to enhance water availability for agricultural operations under the principle that farming represents business and farmers function as investors.
