{"id":20405,"date":"2020-12-21T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=20405"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:32:47","slug":"eu-supports-zanzibar-small-farmers-to-boost-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/eu-supports-zanzibar-small-farmers-to-boost-horticulture","title":{"rendered":"EU supports Zanzibar small farmers to boost horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>OVER 20,000 smallholder farmers engaged in horticulture (mainly vegetables, fruits and spices) farming here are set to benefit from a project to improve the quantity and quality of their products.<\/p>\n<p>This was revealed by Project Monitoring and Research Manager Ally Mbarouk when introducing it to officers from \u2018Unguja West B District Local Administrative Council.<\/p>\n<p>He said the \u20ac5 million project was funded by the European Union (EU) and targeted at least 21,000 small farmers in 50 shehias (lowest administrative divisions) on both Unguja and Pemba Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mbarouk said: \u201cWe need to help the smallholder farmers engaged in horticulture improve production and quality. This four-year project is co-implemented by Tanzania Media Women Association (Tamwa), Community Forest Pemba (CFP) and the Dar es Salaam based People\u2019s Development Forum (PDF).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the main objective of the project was to contribute to unlocking the potential of Zanzibar smallholder farmers\u2019 horticulture value chains to ensure the sustainable supply of high quality products to local, international markets.<\/p>\n<p>Production of fruits, spices and vegetables plays a crucial role in the country\u2019s anti-poverty strategy as it uplifts the lives of hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers, but quantity and quality remained a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>He said smallholder farmers in nine districts, including four in Pemba Islands had been selected after consultation with the Ministry for Agriculture, Irrigation, Natural Resources and Livestock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this project we also hope to build a network between farmers and stakeholders in farming, improve quality and support the country\u2019s national food security and nutrition programme,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mbarouk said the project also trained farmers on value addition and promoted organic farming and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) would help advertise Zanzibar farm quality products abroad.<\/p>\n<p>He said the project was also in response to President Hussein Ali Mwinyi\u2019s initiative to promote small traders and entrepreneurship in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nahla Abdulhalim Mohamed, a cross cutting issues officer at the Unguja North A Town Council, said: \u201cIt is a timely project to help farmers transform with the hope of increasing their incomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Makame Kitwana Makame &#8211; Deputy Director, Agriculture and Environment in Unguja Central District said the project would boost farming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers have been producing crops of low quality, leading to difficulties in selling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said prioritised spices in the project included vanilla, black pepper (pilipili manga), ginger (tangawizi) and red pepper (pilipili hoho).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. 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