A green house in Mount Meru, Arusha, where most of Tanzania’s horticultural farms are located. The East African Community has allocated the agriculture sector less than 0.01 percent of its budget. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
Even as hunger, famine, and inflation ravage the East African region, the bloc is still hesitant to fund agriculture and has allocated the sector less than 0.01 percent of its budget.
In the draft budget for financial year 2022/2023, East African Community partner states allocated agriculture a paltry $6,750 (0.01 percent) out of total contributions of $59.3 million.
