DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 20 -- A NEW survey by the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) has suggested that the government should meet its financial commitments to enable the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to meet its optimal capacity and national targets.
Presenting the research findings at Stakeholders Validation Workshop here, ESRF Head of the Commissioned Research department, Vivian Kazi, said NFRA need to retain the core functions of stocking food for national food security and emergency purposes.
ESRF, in collaboration with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the ministry of Agriculture, conducted a study on Strengthening Food Security and Export Trade in Tanzania (SFSETT) which recommended that NFRA should...