Tanzania: Government Sets Aside 10,000 Hectares for Growing Livestock Feed

Arusha — The government has set aside 10,000 hectares in Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, for interested investors to grow cattle fodder. The decision is among a raft of measures taken to increase milk production and boost the dairy industry.

"The fodder produced would be sold to the dairy farmers to boost the production of quality milk," Dr Sophia Mlote, Registrar of the Tanzania Diary Board (TDB), said recently during the opening of the first ever milk dispensing machine dubbed Milk ATM in Moshi .

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