Dodoma RC is confident food reserves are sufficient.

Dodoma Regional Commissioner (RC) Chiku Gallawa, has assured Dodoma residents that the region will not face famine despite the fact that three quarters of their crops having prematurely dried up in the last farming season.

According to the RC, the citizenry had cultivated at least one million hectares but 820,000 of them dried up due to drought.

Speaking when she toured the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) Dodoma zone, the RC said thanks to the bumper yields in the last harvest, Dodoma will not face famine. 

 

”Last year we had bumper yields and the government bought through NFRA bought enough grains. I have seen for myself at least 62,000 tonnes of grains including maize, millet and beans. Therefore, there is no need to panic…there will be no hunger,” Gallawa reassured the residents.

 

The RC also reassured stakeholders that the government will start taking action to ensure the prices of foods remain within the common citizenry’s reach. She said the NFRA will be slowly releasing the foods into the market to ensure price stability.

 

“There are 2000 tonnes of millet that are ready to be sold to the World Food Programme (WFP). The international organisation is satisfied with the quality of our millet. Also, we shall list businesspersons who can collaborate with the government in selling food,” Gallawa detailed.

 

For his part, NFRA Manager for Dodoma zone, Raymond Mpazi, said already they have paid 6bn/- to all farmer groups who sold their yields to Manyoni and Kiteto municipalities.SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN