{"id":17338,"date":"2020-10-24T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=17338"},"modified":"2020-10-24T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T18:22:00","slug":"board-set-to-support-wheat-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/economy\/board-set-to-support-wheat-production","title":{"rendered":"BOARD SET TO SUPPORT WHEAT PRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> THE Cereals and Other Produce Board (CPB) has announced measures targeting
\nto revive the country\u2019s wheat industry despite a slight upward trend of its production,
\nespecially in the northern regions.<\/p>\n

CPB said the country\u2019sannual demand for wheat flour stood at 800,000 tonnes last year, and at least 530bn\/-is spent to import the product into the country.<\/p>\n

CPB Acting Director General, Valerian Mablangeti told reporters here yesterday that the government\u2019s plan is to ensure production reaches 400,000 tonnes infour years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently working to revive the wheat industry. We have started negotiations with stakeholders, including farmers, banking institutions and agricultural research institutes,\u201d he said.
\nInitially, CPB had communication with farmers from Monduli, Mbulu, Karatu, Hanang and West
\nKilimanjaro\u2014potential areas widely known for their land and climate suitable for wheat farming. Mr Mablangeti said the plan is to ensure farmers enter into pre-production contracts with CPB
\nto provide a constant supply of market and produces.<\/p>\n

The board retained the Arusha based factory with a maximum capacity to process over 36,000tonnes of wheat annually. \u201cThis was a government property which was rented to one Monaban Trading and Farming Co…we have resolved not to renew the contract to allow the
\ngovernment fully participate in enhancing the production of wheat in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Already the authority has started signing contracts with farmers from Karatu, assuring them that there are ample markets for the commercial crop. \u201cWhat we are doing also is to rehabilitate the machines that we think are long overused,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Mablangeti said the target is to sign 40,000 farmers to meet the demand for the existing factories. Other initiatives announced by CPB include soil analysis\u2014a work which will be conducted by
\nTanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI).<\/p>\n

The acting Director-General said his office had also agreed with NMB Bank and the National Insurance Corporation to offer soft loans and insurance to farmers respectively. We have requested the Agricultural Seeds Agency (ASA) to help in the mass production of improved seeds that meet the demand of farmers. The farming season is set to begin next March, and production at the Arusha based factory is planned for June next year.<\/p>\n

It is expected that farmers will produce at least 2 tonnes per hectare, a substantial increase from the current production of one tonne on each hectare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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