Agriculture Deputy Minister Anthony Mavunde addressing the farmers of Ruvuma Region.
THE government is working to embark on a project to install vast irrigation schemes into three major Valleys in the Ruvuma region, in yet another steps to propell crop production in the country.
The three Valleys, according to the Deputy Agriculture Minister Anthony Mavunde, include the Ruvuma River Valley (26,066 hectares), Ruhuhu River Valley (3,700 ha) and the Litumbandyosi Valley which comprises with a total of 900 hectares.
The minister, started that the envisaged project which targets to stimulate agricultural performance in the region will incorporate installation of at least five large dams, as well rehabilitation of numerous irrigation schemes in the region.
Minister Mavunde unveiled the crucial plan in the country’s agriculture corridor during his recent tour of the Ruvuma region.
He noted that in the financial year 2023/24 the government will carry out a feasibility study and detailed design in the readiness to implement the project professionally.
“We’re looking forward that the completion of the initiative will play a paramount role to improve production of key crops in the Ruvuma region, and throughout the year,” he observed.
Mavunde added that, during the past havering season the Ruvuma region have produced a total of 1milion ton of maize, saying the impressive record have triggered the parent ministry to see a need of investing into irrigation schemes so as to enable the region to even produce more.
Together with that, he assured the farmers that the government will work to search, regulate and well-supervising the crops markets within the region, observed that the National Food Reserves Authority (NFRA) has so far established a total of 17 centres for purchasing maize within the all districts within the region.
