Professor Joseph Ndunguru, the Director General (DG) of the Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA)
The TPHPA is a state- owned agency with a mandate to regulate, coordinate, and promote plant health and Phytosanitary measures in the country.
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By Senior Reporter Valentine Oforo
TANZANIA generated at least 10million USD from exporting diverse economic cash crops onto international markets in a period of four consecutive years, between 2021/22 and 2023/24 fiscal period.
The milestone in the country’s agribusiness sector was attained due to professional performance by the Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA) in Phytosanitary measures in the country.
The TPHPA is a state- owned agency with a mandate to regulate, coordinate, and promote plant health and phytosanitary measures in the country.
Professor Joseph Ndunguru, the TPHPA Director General (DG) told the publication during an exclusive interview that the Authority has so far assisted Tanzania to obtain for potential new crop markets in several countries abroad.
The countries, according to him, include Pakistan, China, India, Singapore, Indonesia and Mexico, among others.
He added, “We have managed to accelerate Tanzania’s crops market abroad through developing professional market access dossiers and dispatched them to different Embassies abroad,”
The dossiers, according to him, are part of the Strengthening Plant Health Services in Tanzania for Enhanced Food Safety (STREPHIT) project to allow exports to the European Union (EU) and international markets in collaboration with the EU and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Dr Ndunguru unveiled some crops that have netted vast markets abroad as Vanilla, Cloves, Rounded Potatoes, Soybeans, Manga Pepper, Pineapple.
Together with that, he added: ” We have also secures a potential markets for the sunflower oil seed cakes in China,”
“We’re continuing working round the clock in partnership with other relevant institutions to regulate, coordinate, and promote plant health and phytosanitary measures in the country,” he assured.
On 18th September, last year, the ministry of agriculture presented market access dossiers for eight key crops to meet the phytosanitary entry standards of 14 international markets.
The move focuses to boost exports of high-quality produce, increase foreign exchange earnings, and contribute to the overall growth of the agricultural sector.
The eight crops included in the dossiers were avocado, vanilla, black pepper, pineapple, cloves, cocoa, banana, and Irish potatoes which are expected to open economic opportunities worth USD 3.5 billion.
And the 14 markets involved in the initiative were the 27 EU member states, which are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Latvia.
Others are Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), the USA, Zambia, Pakistan, South Africa, India, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Canada, Turkey, Iraq, and Israel.
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