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PLANS are underway
to set up the country's first Agricultural Park at Kimamba in Kilosa
District that will provide farmers with land and irrigation
infrastructure in the area to improve productivity for food security and
economic growth.
The Agricultural
Park is an area set aside largely for agricultural activities to
encourage continuation of such operations, in which farmers can rent
farms for a long term tenure at reasonable cost.
The lessees are
engaged in diversified agricultural crops or aquaculture. Water and
Irrigation Minister, Engineer Gerson Lwenge said in Dar es Salaam
yesterday that feasibility study for the project worth 90m/-was
complete, saying that the government of China through Shanghai Municipal
Agricultural Commission had agreed to bankroll the project.
"The Agricultural
Park will ensure food security as well as adequate and reliable supply
of water to the community in the area," said the minister shortly after
meeting with a delegation from China to discuss the project.
The delegation,
which was led by Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Commission Chairman
Zhang Kun, was on a three-day tour in the country.
It jetted off for
China yesterday after visiting the project site in Morogoro Region.
Engineer Lwenge pointed out that the project will include construction
of irrigation infrastructure and dam in a 2,400 hector farm and that the
project was the result of collective and tireless efforts by all
parties working constructively in the spirit of mutual cooperation."We developed the idea of setting up the Agricultural Park from China.
We will learn a lot
from the project," observed the minister. According to the Shanghai
Municipal Agricultural Commission Chairman, Mr. Zhang Kun, their tour of
the country was aimed at providing them with an opportunity to learn on
policies of investment in the country.
"China and Tanzania
have enjoyed historical relations, and the project demonstrates good
bilateral relations of the two countries," he said.
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