AGRICULTURE: Sh40bn set aside for BRN projects

>The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives will, in this financial year, spend Sh40 billion in developing eight commercial farming areas for paddy and sugarcane, improve 39 irrigation schemes and renovate 145 warehouses for storing maize.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jun

Agriculture sector registers growth under BRN, says govt

Agriculture accounts for about 28 per cent of the GDP and about 70 per cent of Tanzanians earn their daily living through the sector.     

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

03 Feb

Big Results Now (BRN) initiative accomplishes 498 water projects

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Big Results Now (BRN) initiative accomplishes 498 water projects
IPPmedia
Water deputy minister, Amos Makalla, has said that by December last year the government had completed 498 water projects under the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative. He said through the initiative about 4.9 million people are now accessing water. Makalla ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Dec

TZ, others set for biological agriculture

Eastern and central African countries have committed themselves to undertaking smart agriculture which is devoid of the use of industrial chemicals.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Jan

Minister: 63 hectares set aside for agriculture

The government has set aside 63 hectares at Mkulazi in Morogoro for investment in agriculture, as part of its efforts to improve food security.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Dec

Agriculture bank set to start issuing loans

The Tanzania Agriculture Development Bank (TADB) will start issuing loans next week with Iringa-based small scale farmers being the first beneficiaries.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Aug

Sh2.66bn water projects set to benefit thousands in 2 regions

Over 13,700 citizens in Coast and Morogoro regions are set to benefit from safe and clean water as the government steps up efforts to make the vital liquid accessible to an increased number of Tanzanians.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Apr

Battle for Dart’s Sh40bn continues

>The government has rejected the World Bank’s idea to have a tender to operate the interim project for Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit advertised to allow both foreign and local transporters to bid for the $21 million (Sh40 billion) deal, The Citizen has learnt.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Aug

Sh40bn saved from ghost workers

>The government saved about Sh40 billion last month after it officially started effecting a new salary payment system for all public servants.Effective July 2014, the salaries of its employees were channelled to their bank accounts in a move aimed at flushing out ghost workers who have cost taxpayers billions of shillings.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Apr

Farmers to benefit from Sh40bn loans

Farmers in parts of sub-Saharan Africa are set to benefit from a $25 million (Sh40 billion) risk sharing facility from the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF).

 

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