Tanzania: Farmers to Benefit From New Crop Insurance Scheme

Mwanza — Farmers in Mwanza, Kagera Shinyanga and Mara regions will start benefiting from a new insurance scheme which will refund them the cost of buying maize seeds if they fail to grow due to unfavourable weather.

Dubbed as 'Linda Mbegu', the new product is a crop insurance which will ensure that in the event of rainfall failures the farmer will get the equivalent of the number of bags of seeds they purchased replaced enabling them to replant in the next season.

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