Unguja. Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla amesema teknolojia imeleta mabadiliko katika sekta ya kilimo na ufugaji.
Hemed amesema hayo baada ya kutembelea na kukagua bidhaa za kilimo na ufugaji leo Agosti 9, 2024 katika maonyesho ya wakulima Nanenane katika viwanja vya Dole Kizimbani, Unguja.
Amesema maonyesho hayo yanatoa fursa kwa wananchi kupata taaluma ya kulima na kufuga kwa kutumia mbinu za kisasa ambazo humuwezesha kupata mavuno mengi kwa muda mfupi na gharama nafuu.
“Teknolojia ya kilimo imeleta mageuzi makubwa katika sekta hii, wakulima wanasisitizwa kuendelea kutumia teknolojia ya kisasa ili kuendana na ushindani uliopo katka soko la dunia,” amesema.
Amesema Serikali itaendelea kuliboresha eneo la maonyesho ili litoe huduma bora kwa wakulima na wananchi huku akiwahamasisha wananchi kutembelea eneo hilo kwa lengo la kujifunza kilimo cha kisasa na chenye tija.
Waziri wa Kilimo, Maliasili na Mifugo Zanzibar, Shamata Shaame Khamis amesema mwamko wa wafanyabiashara katika maonyesho hayo umekuwa mkubwa na kuvuka lengo la wizara la kusajili wajasiriamali 500, jambo ambalo limewanyima fursa baadhi yao ya kushiriki katika maonyesho hayo kutokana na wingi wa maombi.
Shamata amesema kutokana na mwamko wa wajisiriamali waliojikita kwa wingi katika kilimo na ufugaji kumeongeza uzalishaji wa ndani, hususani mazao ya mboga na kupunguza kuagiza bidhaa hizo kutoka nje ya Zanzibar.
Takwimu zinaonyesha uzalishaji wa mbogamboga na matunda umeongezeka kutoka tani 66,310 mwaka 2022 na kufikia tani 87,971 mwaka 2023.
Amesema wizara inajipanga kutanua wigo zaidi wa maonyesho hayo kwa kuboresha miundombinu katika maonyesho hayo ili kuwawezesha wafanyabiashara kuonyesha biashara zao katika mazingira bora yenye kuleta ufanisi wa ufanyaji wa shuhuli zao.
Baadhi ya washiriki wameeleza manufaa waliyoyapa ikiwemo kupatiwa mikopo ya kujiendeleza kibiashara.
Zaituni Ali Juma, mkulima wa mbogamboga amesema: “Tumepata faida kwani tumeongezewa elimu, tumepata fursa ya mikopo hapahapa lakini tumeunganishwa na wadau na kupanua wigo wa masoko yetu.”
Maonyesho ya Nanenane yaliyoanza Agosti Mosi yanatarajiwa kufungwa Agosti 14, 2024.
Source: mwananchi.co.tz
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