As we are preparing for Farmer's day in Tanzania which starts on 1st August I want you to read the story of Nanenane(eight eight day)/farmers day in Tanzania which always held in 1st to 8th August every year.

"While the Chinese government is the main driver for investment in African agriculture, it is increasingly seeking to involve private-sector companies through public-private partnerships..."

"The major barriers in sourcing 100% deforestation-free soy include long supply chains and the legal conversation of natural vegetation to cropland."

"Agriculture in western India is different from that in the Gangetic Plain. Wheat is much less important than rice, bajra and jowar. Cotton is grown in Maharashtra. The farmer has been taking on biotech seeds, moving over from the earlier desi varieties to long-staple cotton and now seeds which give a good crop with shorter growing periods, saving on pesticides and nutrients..."

USAID's said policies in agriculture should be improved so as to expand the market for agricultural produces in Eastern and Southern Africa.

EAST AFRICAN GRAIN COUNCIL GATHERED MAJOR TRADERS AND FARMERS FROM EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES OF AGRICULTURE AND ITS SOLUTION AND MANY DEALS WERE CLOSED THERE FOR BUYING AND SELLING FOOD AMONG COUNTRIES. LISTEN TO WORD FROM GUEST OF HONOR PROF DAMIAN GABAGAMBI, DIRECTOR OF NDC.