Tanzania’s Parliamentary Budget Committee has pledged its support to a multi-million-dollar horticulture industry to grow. At this point in time, the industry earns the economy over 779 million US dollars annually, up from 100 million US dollars in 2004.
In a tour at Tanzania Horticulture Association (TAHA) sites and several high values crop farms on the slopes of Mount Meru, the Committee announced to throw its weight to support the key industry to spur economic growth.
Budget Committee Chairman, Sillo Baran, who doubles as a Member of Parliament for Babati Rural, extolled TAHA for a job well done, in terms of nurturing the horticulture industry from scratch to an economic giant at the moment. Committee Vice-Chairman Mr Omar Kigua implored TAHA to prepare a detailed proposal outlining a package of steps required to unleash the industry's enormous potential and the committee will work on it.
"Since we have upper hand in prolific land, favorable climate and other key factors, TAHA should prepare a proposal that contains a roadmap and a package of measures perquisites for horticulture to grow. We will take it forward to realize the ambitious plan to open up the industry" Kigua told https://dailynews.co.tz.
Tanzania and China is also close to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on sanitary and phytosanitary measures to enable the export of avocados into China.