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\nThe United States journalists who had paid a courtesy visit to the Honorable Minister Eng. Christopher Chiza.  The 15 US journalists are in the country from September 29 to
\nOctober 9, 2013 through the John Hopkins International Reporting Project,
\nfunded by the <\/span>Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/i><\/b> <\/span> <\/span>The
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\ndevoting most of its time and resources to support any efforts aimed at
\ntransforming Africa from poverty eradication through its agriculture
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\nThe Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives,
\nEng. Christopher Chiza (MP), said that Tanzania is first an
\nagricultural-country, placing Southern corridor strategically as a starting
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\nThe Minister said earlier today when he was speaking with the 15
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\nThe journalists have selected Tanzania for an in-depth
\nfact-finding mission because of its notable record on agriculture, food
\nsecurity and scaling-up nutrition initiatives. 
\n\u201cWe want to learn more about the success of SAGCOT and Kilimo Kwanza,\u201d
\nsaid Ms. Alexandra Frank, Project Manager from the John Hopkins University,
\nwhere the group is enrolled in an International Reporting Project (IRP) in
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\nDuring their discussion, Hon. Eng. Chiza said that the country
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\n\u201cOur Government has initiated Big Results Now (BRN) which
\ntargets an increase of over 100,000 tons of maize and 250,000 tons of sugar and
\n190,000 tons of rice, all to be added to the national basket through combination
\nof irrigation and improvement of agricultural marketing systems in the coming
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\nWhen posed with question about Kilimo Kwanza and how Tanzania has been
\nable to materialize on agriculture sector, Eng. Minister Chiza said that the
\nGovernment had initiated the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), as part of implementing Kilimo Kwanza
\ninitiative which encompasses broader aspect of green revolution and economic
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\n\u201cWe are trying to bring in large scale farmers to co-exist
\nwith the small scale farmers,\u201d said Minister Chiza, adding that the Government wants
\nthe SAGCOT model to be the future replica for other corridors in the countries.
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\ncorridor includes Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe, Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Coast, Rukwa
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\nThe Minister further said that the country\u2019s investment
\ntargets its own agriculture production and productivity, and as such, the
\nGovernment has allocated 10 percent of its National Budget to the
\nagriculture sector, however, its current allocation figure surges steadily at
\nan 8 percent, noted the Minister.   The
\nallocation derived from the implementation of the Maputo Declaration which was
\nreached by the heads of state and government of the African Union (AU) at its
\nsecond ordinary session held between July 10 and 12, 2013 whereby member-states
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\nDiscussing the success story of the Kilombero rice plantation in
\nMorogoro, Minister Chiza cited statistics of maize production which had increased
\nfor some smallholder farmers from 1.5 to 4.5 tons per hectare, while the yields
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\nAs for young generation, Minister Chiza said that the
\nGovernment has put in place a Youth in
\nAgriculture<\/i> program, which targets young people who are \u201ccapable,
\nmarketable and have a conducive atmosphere set for them to get employment or
\nemploy themselves\u201d. He however acknowledges the need for more investment in
\nscience and technology in order to increase farm machineries.  \u201cCurrently, there is about 70 percent of
\nfarmers are still using hand hoe tools and about 64 percent of farmers using
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\nIn addressing the climate change issue, the Minister said that
\nTanzania is taking all necessary measures within its capacity in making sure to
\nput in place mitigation and adaptation measures to address challenges brought
\nabout by climate change.  Tanzania rests
\non a 945,000 square kilometres and that the rain is therefore limited.  \u201cOur goal is to produce more crops suitable
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\nThe Minister further explained that there is also a need to
\nimprove transport network and educate farmers about agro ecological zones and
\ngreen revolution.  \u201cWe need long term
\nmeasures that can address permanent maintenance strategy in order to improve
\ntransport network, increase fertilizer use per hectare currently at an 8
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\nfunded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/i><\/b>  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had been
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\nInnovation Space in Dar es Salaam, the iAGRI Project at Sokoine University
\nin Morogoro, the One Acre Fund in Iringa and the Oikos East
\nAfrica group in Arusha, before returning back to the United States on October
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