Ali Mohamed Shein (VP of Tanzania) lays emphasis on Agro-processing:
He said the participating countries needed to change the current habit of exporting raw commodities.Citing Tanzania as an an example, he said that currently 98 per cent of cashew nut production was being exported in raw state, which was also the case with 80 per cent of the cotton, and various other commodities.
"But in order to achieve greater employment and wealth creation in Tanzania, and within the SADC region in general, we must develop greater competency and scale in agro-processing and valued addition,"
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