Development Partners Group are on a Fieldtrip in Iringa Region

United Nations resident coordinator of the UN system, Alvaro Rodriguez (3rd-L) listening to the Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Dr. Hamisi Mwinyimvua during the brief meeting between development partners group and recipients at Siasa ni kilimo Conference Hall in Iringa Municipality. Others from L-R are Acting Regional Administrative Secretary, Adam Swai, Iringa regional Commissioner Amina Masenza, DPG Co-Chair Maria Van Berlekom- Head of Cooperation Swedish Embassy and also the Director for the Department of Multilateral Cooperation in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Celestine Mushy.

United Nations resident coordinator of the UN system, Alvaro Rodriguez making a remarks.

Chairman of Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Lucas Mwakabungu making a presentation during the meeting the development partners group in Iringa. He pointed out that agriculture and agro-processing are facing some challeges like high prices of inputs-fertilizers, pesticides, seeds and lack of capital investing in agriculture and agro-processing industries - no justifiable returns for loans.

The Acting RAS Adam Swai making introduction at Iringa District Council Hall Siasa ni Kilimo.

ASAS Group of Companies Director, Fuad Abri (R) welcoming the DPG during field visti at ASAS Daries and Milk processing company (incl. milk processing, business environment, marketing). The director said despite their modest successes in dairy processing, the dairy business environment continues to be hostile for operations in a number of ways; the government is yet to invest sufficiently in dairy industry, the system of taxation in the country especially agro-processing-taxation is still repressive and not business friendly.

DPG at Tanzania Agriculture Productivity Program (TAPP) where they went see greenhouse complex of tomatoes and drip irrigation at Tagamenda Farm in Iringa District.

WATANZANIA WAASWA KUTHAMINI BIDHAA ZINAZOZALISHWA NDANI YA NCHI

KAIMU MENEJA WA SIDO MKOA WA IRINGA, MR NIKO MAHINYA AKIZUNGUMZA NA WAANDISHI WA HABARI OFINI KWAKE

KAIMU MENEJA WA SIDO MKOANI IRINGA, NIKO MAHINYA AKIWA NA MHANDISI WA KARAKANA YA SIDO IRINGA, MICHAEL MATONYA WAKATI WAKITEMBELEA UTENDAJI KAZI WA KARAKANA HIYO

FUNDI WA KARAKANA YA SIDO ELAYSON TARIMO AKIANGALIA MASHINE YA KUNOA VYUMA, AMBAYO ILIKUWA IKINOA MAJEMBE YA KUKATIA CHAI

MSIMAMIZI WA KARAKANA YA KUTENGENEZEA MASHINE MBALIMBALI YA SIDO MKOANI IRINGA, LEONARD LUMATO AKIENDELEA NA KAZI KATIKA KARAKANA HIYO

KIJANA AKIENDELEA NA KAZI NDANI YA KARAKANA

NA FRANK KIBIKI, IRINGA

SHIRIKA la kuhudumia viwanda vidogo (SIDO), mkoani Iringa limewataka watanzania kujenga utamaduni wa kupenda bidhaa zinazotengenezwa ndani, badala ya zile zinazoingizwa kutoka nje ili kukuza uchumi wan chi.

Tanzanian Schools Will Teach Students in Swahili, Not English

 

School children in Arusha, Tanzania. Photo released under Creative Commons by Flickr user Colin J. McMechan.

Tanzania is set to make a historic shift away from English and replace it with Swahilias the language of instruction in the country’s schools.