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Closing yesterday the two-day annual meeting of SAGCOT in Iringa Municipality, Iringa Regional Commissioner, Amina Masenza, said the challenges faced by farmers during the meeting need to be solved a once and for all.
The coordination of SAGCOT faces the challenges of our meeting with all stakeholders, including the central government, local government and the private sector, on the specific challenges of their mandate ", she said. The solution was the tendency of most Irish potato vendors to pack potatoes in packaging materials known as "Lumbesa" in Kiswahili as the selling unit sales price instead. to use the standard measure kilograms
.the measure varies in weight from one package to the other and allows buyers and sellers of the product 'Use Lumbesa as a measure of weight per unit of price , especially for Irish potatoes, was a real murder and a day flight of farmers and consumers.Let me call the other government leaders to redouble efforts to reverse this trend, "she said.
On the poor road network of the Ihemi and Mbalali, Mbeya, Njombe, Songea, Mbeya and Songwe areas on TARURA, a government agency responsible for repairing and constructing rural roads, to mobilize more resources and investors to meet the challenge.
She invited SAGCOT Catalyst Fund Managing Director, John Kyaruzi, to visit the Ihemi and Mbalali clusters to educate farmers on the criteria used for farmers in areas to qualify for funding.
The regional commissioner called on the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute to do more to educate farmers and agricultural extension workers. and sellers of pesticides in the area covered by the groups of Ihemi and Mbalali in a move to get rid of pests that destroy crops and livestock.
The two days This meeting, which ended yesterday, brought together a variety of people, including stakeholders from the public sector, the private sector and consumers, to discuss ways to address the challenges facing farmers in developing countries. two groups.
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