Agriculture, Irrigation and Coorperative

Agriculture, Irrigation and Corporative Department

The Department has the following Duties and Responsibilities Agriculture and livestock policy was revised in 1997;

• To ensure basic food security for the nation to improve standard of living of Tanzanians particularly in rural areas whose agriculture is the preoccupation of our people.

• To develop and introduce new technologies which increase productivity of labour and land.

• To produce raw materials for our industries

• To increase foreign exchange earnings

• To promote integrated and sustainable use of services, which involves the participation of private sector as well

• To promote the accesses of women and youths to land, credits, education and technology.

• To raise the nutritional status with the ultimate objective of raising life expectancy of Tanzanians.