TANZANIA should seize the opportunity of rising food prices by investing in smallholder farmers and allow large scale foreign investors targeting exports, Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT) Chairman, Salum Shamte has said.
Mr Shamte who is Managing Director of Tanga-based Katani Limited, said rising food prices provide an incentive to local farmers who must be given access to loans and improved farming technologies.
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