*****Dar es Salaam******, 1 August 2011.* Seeds of local crop varieties must be included in relief-seed packages distributed to small-scale farmers after natural calamities if indigenous agricultural diversity is to rebound faster. Agricultural relief efforts should also capitalize on existing social networks to distribute seeds more effectively and efficiently. These are among the findings of a recent study looking…

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MJADALA umezuka kuhusu uwezekano wa kuapishwa kwa mgombea urais wa Chadema Dk. Wilibrod Slaa endapo anashinda katika uchaguzi mkuu hivi karibuni, wakati anaishi kinyumba na mwanamke mwenye ndoa halali. Tatizo lilianza pale makuhani waandamizi wa makanisa tofauti (na hata imamu mwandamizi wa jiji la Dar es Salaam) walipofika ofisini kwake, makao makuu ya Chadema, wakatoa rai ya kusafisha –…

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The Ministry of Industries, Trade and Marketing has issued directives on people involved in the food products industry and buyers to seek out information given by the ministry in order to ensure that they make no errors in sales and purchasing decisions. The Communication Department of the ministry says it has prepared information for use by traders in city…

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Theo Mushi Tanzania has adopted “Kilimo Kwanza” strategy to modernize the agricultural sector in order to increase the production of cash and food crops. It targeted to give priority to five regions which lead in production of grains which include Mbeya, Ruvuma, Iringa and Rukwa Corridor and the National Food basket. It will enable Tanzania to meet one of…

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Access to information has been a big challenge to journalists around the world. CHELU MATUZYA interviewed a number of members of the fourth estate who participated in a short course on Media Responsibility in Hamburg, Germany concerning the issue. This is what they said… GRACEY CHURUMANZU Journalist, The Zimbabwean Newspaper; Zimbabwe Journalists need a lot of support because they…

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THIS IS HOW AIRLINE SEASONS CAN IMPACT ON YOUR TRAVEL PLANS Byase Luteke In my previous discussion I gave readers of this column an insight on the dynamics of airline scheduling and its implications thereof on the travelers’ plans. In this discourse I would like to shed some light on airline seasons in terms of weather changes and how…

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JOHN KIMBUTE: THERE is an expression among the coastal people in Tanzania, arising from a more fatalistic outlook in religion than is usually the case in Christianity, mixed with Greek scepticism and American probability in its centuries long formation of attitudes, that ‘payment is right here in the world.’ This view tallies with what most Scriptures contain, but clergy…

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Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) has introduced a policy that seeks to make the brewer achieve high levels of water and energy efficiency. The brewer will reduce the use of water and electricity in its plants across the country, while increasing the output. The efforts involves educating workers to be use water and energy efficiently at the…

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Dar es Salaam: The number of women engineers in science and technology field is expected to rise, on the basis of a plan to increase enrollment at three institutes of technology, thanks to Italian International Development Agency support. Total funding committed by the agency is Tsh5.4 billion spread over three years (2010-2013) for the Dar es Salaam Institute of…

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World Bank: Developing countries wanting to use market instruments to scale up their mitigation efforts will soon have access to financial and technical support arising from a new global partnership launched today. World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced the establishment of the Partnership for Market Readiness at an event on the sidelines of the UN Framework Convention…

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