DODOMA, June 19 -- THE government plans to construct 100 dams across the country in the 2025/26 financial year to maximise the use of areas suitable for irrigation and enhance agricultural productivity, lawmakers heard in Dodoma yesterday.

According to Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Mr David Silinde, Mtwara Region alone has 16,644 hectares suitable for irrigation, however, only 3,848.6 hectares are currently under irrigation, despite the regions vast agricultural potential.

He revealed this in the National Assembly in Dodoma while responding to a question by Special Seats MP Tunza Malapo (CCM), who inquired about the number of hectares suitable for irrigation in Mtwara Region.

The deputy minister explained that out of the figure, a t...