Tanzania: 500m / – Signing of a memorandum of understanding to stimulate young entrepreneurs

By Nelly Mtema in Dodoma

Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS) has signed a protocol agreement (MoU) of 500m / – with the Tanzanian Institute for Research on Agriculture and Forestry. Livestock (TALIRI) to Empower Young Entrepreneurs

signed in Dodoma recently by PASS Director General Nicomed Bohay and TALIRI Interim Director General Dr. Jonas Kizima

On this occasion, the Director General of PASS said that the agreement would improve the infrastructure of Kongwa TALIRI center. Allow selected youth to acquire the best livestock skills by putting the emphasis on entrepreneurship.

"We will announce the criteria necessary for youth engaged in the goat with entrepreneurship to apply and the top 100 will be selected a 12-month training program," Mr. Bohay said. [19659004] He noted that they would start with 1000 goats and the young people hosted at the center under the supervision of Kongwa TAL The IRI experts would have the opportunity to acquire the latest technology from

He added that they had chosen Kongwa despite the fact that TALIRI had about seven other stations because of its position

Mr. Bohay pointed out that during the 12-month training program, young people would be able to learn the size and breed of goats, the fattening procedures, the pastures needed for a given age and the available market. 19659009] "C & Is the best way for them to be created jobs, but also readily available raw materials for slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, as Tanzania will become an industrial economy by 2025 ". give them capital and watch them closely to make sure that they are transforming livestock by making it commercially viable.

Earlier, Dr. Kizima said that the agreement had arrived at the right time n need for raw materials for the meat industries.

He said that there was an easy market and a high demand for goat products in the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Mr Kizima was optimistic about the possibility for young people to expand the scope of entrepreneurship, pastures, livestock products and goat farming.

He therefore urged PASS to study the possibility of replicating this project in other parts of the country. The center of TALIRI had experts