TANZANIA: BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

With a population of 49 million and the ninth largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, it has maintained a steady growth rate of around 7 % for the last couple of years. Among the advantages is the efficient air transport system, political stability, a free market economy, and it is strategically located in terms of Dar es Salaam being the gateway port that services 8 land-locked countries, plus it has an abundance of natural resources, coupled with 44 million hectares of arable fertile land – an allin- one package for investors.

Although Tanzania’s economy has been steadily growing in the last decade, agriculture dominates the landscape in terms of employing approximately 80% of the local population, and Tanzania is slowly making progress towards diversifying its reliance from