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Agricultural reform emerges as Tanzania's poverty game changer

Public Private Partnership Centre (PPPC) executive director David Kafulila addresses a recent public lecture at the Tengeru Institute of Community Development (TICD) on PPPs as a Catalyst for Development and Opportunities in the Fourth Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP IV) and Vision 2050. .  PHOTO |  CORRESPONDENT

By  Louis Kolumbia

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s goal of halving national poverty hinges on transforming agriculture, which must grow by eight to 10 percent annually.

The target requires $20 billion in irrigation investment to cover five million hectares by 2030, which the government cannot raise alone.

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