Tanzania: Dons Counsel State on Agricultural Initiative

SCHOLARS have advised the government to prioritise the needs of peasants while implementing the Green Revolution Initiative (Kilimo Kwanza) in order to maintain food security in the country.

Prof. Bernadeta Killian told the intellectual forum in Dar es Salaam over the weekend that instead of the 'Kilimo Kwanza' which literally means agriculture first, the catchphrase would have been appropriate had it been 'Mkulima Kwanza', meaning peasant first.

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