INVESTORS are urged to tap into the abounding economic potentials in the Tanzania-Brazil relations to gain maximum benefits from both local and global markets.
The call was issued by Tanzania’s Ambassador to Brazil, Prof Adelardus Kilangi, who detailed untapped economic potentials that business communities from both sides could exploit.
Prof Kilangi, who was speaking during the virtual meeting with journalists, on Wednesday, revealed that a number of opportunities were available in agriculture, fishing, livestock keeping, oil and gas sectors, among others.
Apart from selling goods and services in the aforementioned sectors, Tanzanians could learn and gain experiences from Brazil, he said while explaining the implementation of economic diplomacy and opportunities available between the two nations.
“Tanzania should not be ashamed to learn from developed countries for it to gain expertise in developing its economy,” he argued.
Highlighting the opportunities in the agricultural sector, Prof Kilangi said Brazil is the fourth leading country worldwide in terms of agricultural production, so Tanzanians can learn more from Brazil on how to develop the sector, which employs the majority of Tanzanians.
“Farmers in the country can learn from Brazil on the use of modern technology and skills on cultivation of soya beans, sorghum and yellow corn,” the envoy said.
“The embassy calls on various agricultural stakeholders in Tanzania to establish cooperation with Brazilian companies in order to obtain better and more reliable tools,” he added
He further appealed to cotton farmers in the country to learn good practices of cotton farming from the Brazil-funded ‘Beyond Cotton’ Project which has entered its second phase in Lake Zone.
The project offers skills on how to cultivate cotton alongside other crops.
“We cotton farmers who are involved in the project to gather knowledge and use it in growing cotton by mixing with other food crops so that farming cotton could not affect food security,” he stressed.
In fulfilling the government’s mandate to promote irrigation, Prof Kilangi said the Tanzania Irrigation Commission through the embassy has negotiated with modern irrigation companies in Brazil to come and invest in the country.
“The commission is ready to give them investment lands in the country including Malagalasi in Kigoma Region (7,000 hectares), Mwamapuli Area in Katavi Region (13,000 hectares), Kasinde (35,000 hectares), Kamsamba (25,000 hectares) and Ikombe (650 Hectares) in Songwe region,” Prof Kilangi mentioned.
“This is a great opportunity for various stakeholders, especially the citizens and farmers in those areas… It is an opportunity to get skills and knowledge, employment and increase production,” he added.
On meat and milk processing, he said, the embassy was continuing with negotiations and discussions with various companies in Brazil to invest in Tanzania in manufacturing or facilitating access to equipment and machines for milking and slaughtering cows.
He implored livestock stakeholders to take advantage of the opportunity to access new technology and modern equipment for milking, slaughtering cows, and processing meat and milk from Brazil.
Moreover, Prof Kilangi said Brazil is well known for the high production of ethanol energy, which is currently being used as an alternative to fuel whose prices have continued to fly.
He said there should be a policy review to encourage various stakeholders to produce ethanol as a way to increase alternative energies.
On the other hand, he said, the embassy has negotiated with Beyond Africa Company for promoting Tanzania’s tourism sector.
“The company has already agreed to produce a short documentary in Portuguese that will show the culture and various tourist attractions available in Tanzania,” he revealed
