Tanzania Agriculture Overview
bbt Project cost description
Building a better Tomorrow
PANIS
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations
Hand-in-Hand
Initiative
Block farm development is the primary investment vehicle of the BBT
A block farm is essentially an out-grower model with agro-processing unit, road infrastructures, electricity
and irrigation facilities in a 10 acre/4-hectare block.
Block Farming land availability
-
550 000 hectares - cereals
and horticulture
- 391 000 hectares livestock
Youth in block farm receives
5 acres/2 hectares for
crop development
1.5 acres/0.6 hectares for
large stock - beef and
dairy
1.5 acres/0.6 hectares
for small stock - lamb,
sheep, poultry and other
livestock.
Development Costs
US$ 5,000/acre or /0.4
hectares of a block farmland.
US$ 250/hectare of a non-
block farmland.
USD 500/hectare for off-farm
(fisheries development,
geoprocessing, logistics)
activities outside block
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