10-Year Edible Oil Industry Development Plan for Self-Sufficiency
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- We spend more than 200 million US dollars every year importing edible oil.
- He said the 10-year edible oil industry development plan aims to increase sunflower and palm oil production to achieve self-sufficiency and eventually generate a surplus for export.
- She said the regulations, signed by the Minister for Agriculture in April this year, are intended to ensure that edible oil importers also contribute to expanding domestic production.
- DODOMA: THE government has allocated more than 500.6bn/- to transform edible oil production as part of a broader plan to eliminate a deficit of about 427,068 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Daniel Chongolo has said.
- He added that implementing the plan will require more than 1tri/- in investment from the government, the private sector and development partners.