Dar es Salaam, March 28 -- TANZANIA: SMALLHOLDER farmers are set to benefit from modern technologies and markets for their products, thanks to a partnership deal between Tanzanian and Chinese firms.

Haippa Public Limited Company Director, Mr Boniface Ndengo said here on Wednesday that poor farming technologies and lack of markets are among the factors haunting most smallholder farmers in the country.

“We start with cassava whose demand proved to be high in China. We will be visiting farmers across the country to buy the crop,” he said.

The partnership between Haippa Public Limited Company and Jinhua Trade Company Limited will also guarantee Tanzania smallholder farmers with modern farming technologies.

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