Friday, October 4, 2013
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| Aloyce Masanja:Director General of Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) |
President Jakaya Kikwete is expected to officially open the first youth
agricultural training camp at Mkongo in Rufiji district, Coast Region
tomorrow.
According to the Director General of Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) Aloyce Masanja, the brain behind of the project, the camp is part of implementation of the Youth in Agricultural Programme - YIAP. “This is part of efforts to prove to the youth in the country that agriculture pays,” he told journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam.
Masanja said that the camp seeks to provide skills to youths and enable them to profitably engage in agricultural activities as a way of realising the government’s ambitious ‘Big Results Now’. He also noted that the camp was part of implementing the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative which seeks to attain green revolution in the country by involving various development stakeholders.
RUBADA is rolling out this initiative by using a “Hub and Spoke” modal where a big local or foreign investor will be a “Hub” while small holder farmers will be “Spoke”.
He further, said that the initiative involves introducing youth camps in all areas that will have big investors throughout Rufiji basin which extends from Coast Region, through Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, parts of Dodoma, Singida, Ruvuma and Lindi.
Masanja said by using SAGCOT’s six clusters of Rufiji, Kilombero, Ihemi, Mbarali, Ludewa and Sumbawanga; RUBADA has prepared a strategic plan which will involve youths in each of the clusters. “We expect to have five training camps which will harbor 300 youths each for this financial year,” he said, adding that the training will be offered for a period of one year.
The camps will be responsible in offering trainings on modern agricultural practices; mechanized methods; environmental protection; value addition; project write ups and formation of community and saving groups among others. The trainings will be grouped in three major areas of producing high value crops especially horticulture products and fruits; modern livestock keeping; and fishing.
Mkongo camp which will begin with 50 youths has the capacity of taking 300 youths at par. “RUBADA expects to train over 600 youths from Mkongo camp by 2015,” he said.
Agriculture is one of the sectors that the government hinges on to attain real social economic sustainable development.
According to the Director General of Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) Aloyce Masanja, the brain behind of the project, the camp is part of implementation of the Youth in Agricultural Programme - YIAP. “This is part of efforts to prove to the youth in the country that agriculture pays,” he told journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam.
Masanja said that the camp seeks to provide skills to youths and enable them to profitably engage in agricultural activities as a way of realising the government’s ambitious ‘Big Results Now’. He also noted that the camp was part of implementing the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative which seeks to attain green revolution in the country by involving various development stakeholders.
RUBADA is rolling out this initiative by using a “Hub and Spoke” modal where a big local or foreign investor will be a “Hub” while small holder farmers will be “Spoke”.
He further, said that the initiative involves introducing youth camps in all areas that will have big investors throughout Rufiji basin which extends from Coast Region, through Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, parts of Dodoma, Singida, Ruvuma and Lindi.
Masanja said by using SAGCOT’s six clusters of Rufiji, Kilombero, Ihemi, Mbarali, Ludewa and Sumbawanga; RUBADA has prepared a strategic plan which will involve youths in each of the clusters. “We expect to have five training camps which will harbor 300 youths each for this financial year,” he said, adding that the training will be offered for a period of one year.
The camps will be responsible in offering trainings on modern agricultural practices; mechanized methods; environmental protection; value addition; project write ups and formation of community and saving groups among others. The trainings will be grouped in three major areas of producing high value crops especially horticulture products and fruits; modern livestock keeping; and fishing.
Mkongo camp which will begin with 50 youths has the capacity of taking 300 youths at par. “RUBADA expects to train over 600 youths from Mkongo camp by 2015,” he said.
Agriculture is one of the sectors that the government hinges on to attain real social economic sustainable development.
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