Agri-Business
Monday, March 24, 2014
BY KENAN KALAGHO, EAST AFRICAN BUSINESS WEEK, KAMPALA, UGANDA
IRRIGATION: Israel is renowned for transforming deserts.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Tanzania’s green revolution is now coming up for the better after the country invited the state of Israel and its business men with an aim exploiting the expertise in the agriculture sector.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam last week during the just concluded Tanzania Israel Business and Investment Forum, the Vice President Dr. Gharib Bilal said the green revolution would only be realized through the exchange of experiences, expertise, technology and knowledge from countries that have recorded success in the sector.
Dr. Bilal said the country is willing to attract committed investors with the techno-know-how, just like that of Israel which have managed to transform a desert land into an agricultural productive land, able to feed itself and the world at large.
“We want to have sound investors with the knowledge, technology and capital who will be able to benefit the country and our people at large” Dr Bilal said.
Tanzania believes agriculture is likely to turn for the better after by inviting and working closely with the state of Israel to ensure that it imparts the technology, knowledge and expertise of agriculture to the local Tanzania citizens who depend heavily on agriculture.
These initiatives have been taken following the achievements in agriculture that has been recorded by the state of Israel through the production and exportation of agriculture products throughout the world despite its country’s experiences of dryness with few sources of water for agriculture irrigation.
This would mean creating job opportunities for the majority citizens in the country who are famers and boosting agro-processing industries.
Israel representative, Gilad Millo said Tanzania needs to be keen on how it market itself to the world to ensure it attract investors .
By Kenan Kalagho, Monday, March 24th, 2014
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