Farmers fault govt over lack of vaccines

Farmers here have cited lack of proper channels to access quality seeds and other inputs as a major obstacle constraining their efforts to achieve economic growth.

Tanzania’s global image is being tarnished by the unabated cases of abuse on children, soiling the gains the country has achieved in reducing child mortalities and ensuring near-100 per cent immunization coverage.

The conflict pitting tea farmers in Bumbuli, Lushoto District and the government over the closure of the Mponde tea factory has reached another level after the former threatened to open it at the end of the month.

Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Christopher Chiza has pledged to ensure availability of reliable markets both within and outside the country for Kilombero rice farmers.

The government has allayed smallholder farmers’ fears that they will not be affected following the 2014 amendments of the Seeds Act, 2003.

The government has called on traders to export foodstuffs held in storage as huge harvests for 2013/14 season will lower produce prices, harming farmers.

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Tea farmers in Bumbuli, Lushoto District have expressed their joy over government’s decision to retake Mponde Tea Factory.

Two promising Ebola vaccines are to be tried on the frontline of the epidemic in West Africa, the World Health Organization has announced.