EXPORT: Dar urged to set up grain labs

US-based Symbion Power LLC, is currently looking for partners in the construction of a $1.3 billion (about Sh2.7 trillion) power plant in Mtwara that will see Tanzania exporting electricity to a number of countries in the region. 

Public urged to invest in science labs
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THE public has been urged to invest in science lab projects that will help increase the number of scientists who are central to the development agenda of the country. Temeke Municipal Mayor, Mr Maabad Hoja, said, “Laboratories can be an important stimulus ...

>The management of Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco) has said they recently received an application for the purchase of gas fired electricity generated in Mtwara from the Mozambican government.

Set aside budgets for disabled people, councils urged
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DISTRICT and municipal councils countrywide have been urged to set aside a budget for people with disabilities unlike the current trend where only women and youth have a budget share. Speaking with children with disabilities and public at Soko Kuu ...

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Schools urged to set up facilities friendly to people with disability
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Schools and other education institutions are again reminded to put in place infrastructures that are friendly to people with disabilities to improve access to education for special need groups. According to the civil society organisation, Co-operation for Assisting ...

Set yearly disaster budgets, local authorities urged
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THE Disaster Management Department has advised district councils in the country to set budgets for tragedies every financial year instead of relying on the Central Government. The Coordinator of the Disaster Management Department in the Prime Minister's ...

Will Ethiopia's teff be the next must eat 'super grain'?

Initial results of testing the new grain storage technology have proved a success thus paving the way for mass adoption in future, the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has revealed. On Thursday, nearly 100 representatives from farmer organisations gathered at NFRA site in Dodoma to inspect the initial results of the technology.

Tanzania’s grain industry continues to be less competitive unlike that in other countries in the region, a latest report reveals.