Dar es Salaam, May 1 -- DODOMA: THE government has unveiled an ambitious plan to construct warehouses and silos with the capacity to store three million tonnes of food over the five-year period from 2025/2026 to 2029/2030, as part of efforts to strengthen national food security.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Mr David Silinde, made the announcement yesterday in the National Assembly, noting that significant progress has already been made.

In the 2024/2025 financial year, the government completed the construction of 20 modern village-level warehouses with a combined capacity of 47,000 tonnes.

The newly built warehouses are located in Dodoma, Babati, Tabora, Kigoma, Ruvuma, Simiyu, Mtwara, Geita, Mwanza and Morogoro regions.

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