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Tanzania: TIC in Land Deal With Prisons
14 September 2009
The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) and the Tanzania Prisons have entered into an agreement in which the former will market the latter's land to prospective investors.
The TIC will under the deal market 130,000 hectares of Prisons land. TIC executive director Emmanuel ole Naiko and Prisons principal commissioner Augustino Nanyaro signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) late last week in Dar es Salaam.
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"We [Prisons] are confident that the land will be useful to prospective investors in agriculture and make the 'Kilimo Kwanza'(Agriculture First)' policy a reality," Mr Nanyaro noted after the MoU signing.
He said the Prisons Department had plenty of arable land, which was underutilised. "The Prisons Department has over 130,000 hectares which are suitable for commercial farming and animal husbandry," he said, adding that the department wanted to play a pivotal role in a green revolution in Tanzania.
Mr ole Naiko said: "I commend the Prisons for signing the MoU with us. The 130,000 hectares will be instrumental in boosting our land bank.
"This is an important step forward towards successful implementation of 'Kilimo Kwanza'." He urged other institutions with idle land to make their properties available for investment
Tanzania: TIC in Land Deal With Prisons
14 September 2009
The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) and the Tanzania Prisons have entered into an agreement in which the former will market the latter's land to prospective investors.
The TIC will under the deal market 130,000 hectares of Prisons land. TIC executive director Emmanuel ole Naiko and Prisons principal commissioner Augustino Nanyaro signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) late last week in Dar es Salaam.
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"We [Prisons] are confident that the land will be useful to prospective investors in agriculture and make the 'Kilimo Kwanza'(Agriculture First)' policy a reality," Mr Nanyaro noted after the MoU signing.
He said the Prisons Department had plenty of arable land, which was underutilised. "The Prisons Department has over 130,000 hectares which are suitable for commercial farming and animal husbandry," he said, adding that the department wanted to play a pivotal role in a green revolution in Tanzania.
Mr ole Naiko said: "I commend the Prisons for signing the MoU with us. The 130,000 hectares will be instrumental in boosting our land bank.
"This is an important step forward towards successful implementation of 'Kilimo Kwanza'." He urged other institutions with idle land to make their properties available for investment