Dar es Salaam, July 30 -- The Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo has reaffirmed Tanzanias support for the concept of food sovereignty, stating that it is the right of communities to determine how they produce, distribute, and consume food in line with their needs, cultures, and priorities.

The minister made the statement during the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4) held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Tuesday in a Ministerial Roundtable discussion on Food Sovereignty and National Pathways to Accelerate Food Systems Transformation.

Addressing the various delegates at the meeting, Mr Kombo said that for Tanzania, food sovereignty is not a distant dream, but a fundamen...