DODOMA, March 4 -- THE government is determined to reform the agriculture sector to reduce poverty and increase employment opportunities for youth.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Mr David Silinde, made the remarks in Dodoma on Tuesday while officiating at the Fourth National Organic Agriculture Conference, which brought together organic agriculture stakeholders from within and outside the country.

He said the governments reforms aim to ensure the sector contributes to poverty reduction and job creation—especially for youth and women—while achieving 10 percent agricultural growth by 2030.

To attain this ambitious goal, Mr Silinde said the government has taken deliberate steps to increase the agriculture budget to 1.24tri/-...