DODOMA, April 10 -- AT LEAST 200 youth are set to benefit from opportunities in goat and sheep fattening under the governments Building a Better Tomorrow (BBT) programme being implemented by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries at the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) centre in Kongwa District, Dodoma Region.

The five-year project, valued at 81bn/-, seeks to increase youth and womens participation in livestock entrepreneurship while strengthening commercial livestock production and the wider value chain.

Speaking during a project introduction workshop in Kongwa on behalf of the Permanent Secretary for Livestock and Fisheries, the Deputy Permanent Secretary (Livestock), Dr Fabian Madele, said the programme will equip youn...