The District Commissioner of Mtwara Mr. Abdallah Mwaipaya has opened a training program to build capacity for agricultural officers assigned to work in Mtwara District, one of the nine training centers for 500 young agricultural officials employed by the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania under the BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW (BBT) program in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Mr. Mwaipaya has opened the training on January 14, 2025 in the meeting hall of the Cashewnut Board Tanzania in Mtwara region as the practical implementation of the manifesto of CCM political Party under Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN the President of the United Republic of Tanzania in an effort to develop the cashewnut crop in the country due to its contribution to increasing the income of the people and the nation at large.
In addition, he said that the main goal of the program to employ 500 youths is to increase the production of raw cashews in the country to reach 700,000 tons in 2025/2026 and 1,000,000 tons by 2029/2030.
He has also congratulated the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania for the good management of the cashew crop in this country where for the first time in this season of 2024/2025 there has been a large increase in raw cashew production from 310,787 tons in the season of 2023/2024 to 410,000 tons.