Dar es Salaam, Aug. 12 -- LAST week, Tanzanian media was abuzz with news of a declaration of intent by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Hussein Bashe.

The announcement, made last Thursday, came just one day before President Samia Suluhu Hassan attended the climax of the Farmers Day celebrations in Dodoma, held at the newly christened John Malecela Grounds in the Nzuguni suburbs—popularly known in Swahili as Nanenane.

Mr Bashe announced the Governments plan to begin exporting pigeonpeas to Indias Food Reserve Bank, an equivalent of Tanzanias National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA).

This initiative follows successful preliminary talks with his counterparts in New Delhi, including a recent meeting with Indias Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr ...