DES MOINES, Oct. 22 -- PRIME Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has proposed a partnership between Tanzania and the World Food Prize Foundation to enable young people to access training, conduct research and become self-employed through modern agriculture.

The foundations leadership has welcomed the proposal and expressed its readiness to continue discussions on the possibility of establishing its youth-focused programme, known as the Youth Institute, in Tanzania.

Dr Nchemba made the proposal during talks with the foundations senior leaders, including President Mashal Husain and Chief Executive Officer Tom Vilsack, on the sidelines of the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue (Borlaug Dialogue) in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

The Prime Mi...