Valentine Oforo

Sisal, the environment friendly material for packaging returns to replace polythene as the world becomes more climate conscious

The rain-making woodlands cover a whopping 1.03 million hectares of the country landscape, big enough to conceal any giant and scare Little Red Riding Hoods.

Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute has so far inspected and registered more than 647 seed varieties for different crops in the country.

Trespassing into wildlife corridors by humans is one of the major reasons why wild animals are currently invading farms and settlements.

During the second phase, the company will also invest 11 billion/- in constructing a total of 90 residential building at Mikocheni in Dar-es-salaam.

For instance, wildlife corridors in the country’s Northern circuit have seriously been invaded by human activities, including farms, grazing, settlements and investments.

The country harvested 240,160 tons of raw cashews during the previous crop harvest season.

Tanzania consumes 90 percent of the 33,000 tons of honey being produced in the country annually, while South Africa's honey demand stands at just 4000 tons as the country churns out a measly 2000 tons only.

Thousands of Tanzanian farmers have been trained in the use of Aflasafe, further improving Tanzania’s food security and market access by keeping crops free of aflatoxins.

Tanzania is also working to ensure that the National Food Storage Authority is enabled to store an average of 3 million tons of reserves in a year.