The government has assured to revamp the cultivation
of the sisal plants in Tanga region which used to be the leading cash crop
growing region in the country and even in East Africa. The cultivation of a
plant crop has now deteriorated due to lack of expertise that could make it do
well at a global market. The deputy minister for agriculture Mary Mwanjelwa
said in parliament early this week that the government has started to do the
so-called mapping survey to see how it can empower farmers in the region in a
move to increase crop productivity. The deputy minister was responding to the
question earlier raised by Muheza legislator Ambassador Adadi Rajab who wanted
to know plans by the government to maximize efforts into increasing the
production of sisal crop which is among the cash crops in the country. While responding, the deputy minister has also
issued a directive to all district council authorities in Tanga region to
cooperate with the farmers so as to increase tonnage of production to 1,000
next year.
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