LINDI, Dec. 2 -- THE government has secured a major agricultural investment worth 640 million US dollars (about 1.6tri/-) for large-scale cassava production, a project expected to create more than 100,000 jobs over the next ten years.

The investor, Pan-Tanzania Agriculture Developments Limited, has been allocated 62,000 acres in Kilwa District, Lindi Region, where it will grow cassava and establish a new industrial park dedicated to value addition for export markets.

Minister of State in the Presidents Office (Planning and Investment), Professor Kitila Mkumbo, unveiled the project over the weekend during the handover of the derivative right for the 62,000-acre land parcel.

He said the flagship project forms part of the governments broa...