Sagcot opens Mbarali cluster today to boost agriculture
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- She said an operational area for Sagcot partners is increasing and sequel to this agricultural productivity is going up and peasants are getting more knowledge and experience on commercial farming.
Mbarali. To meet government expectations of transforming a tract equal to the size of Italy into a promising agro-industrial territory, the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (Sagcot) today opens Mbarali Cluster in Mbeya, the second in the corridor. Sagcot head of Cluster Development, Ms Maria Ijumba, told reporters yesterday that the launch was expected to be graced by the minister of Agriculture, Dr Charles Tizeba (pictured), at Mkapa Hall in the city. The launch of the second cluster is a triumph of peasants, she declared. “Advanced farming, that primarily benefits peasants, is gaining greater geographical area in the corridor.” (The Citizen Reporter) it is a victory of
peasants and the nation as whole,” she said.
She said an operational area for Sagcot partners is increasing and sequel to this agricultural productivity is going up and peasants are getting more knowledge and experience on commercial farming.
“The logic behind having clusters is to bring together the government and private sector so that the pair line up a common effort to help peasants move from crippling traditional farming to beneficial
commercial farming. (The Citizen Reporter)
