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Tanzania: Samia’s Russia Visit Spurs Agribusiness Investment.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan's three-day working visit to Russia in June has begun to deliver results, with Russian companies entering Tanzania's agriculture sector, Daily News reports.
Background
State visits are usually followed by memoranda of understanding, and the difference between an announcement and an investment is whether the commercial terms, land, offtake agreements and repatriation of profits, are actually settled afterwards. Agribusiness deals in East Africa tend to involve large land holdings, which makes the community consultation and compensation arrangements the part worth examining rather than the headline value.
Why it matters here
Kenya competes with Tanzania for the same investment and often for the same markets, and the two countries share a border that a great deal of agricultural trade crosses, not always smoothly. Tanzanian production decisions show up in Nairobi as the price of maize, rice and pulses, and a significant expansion of Tanzanian agribusiness would be felt in Kenyan markets before it is felt anywhere else.
What to watch next
Whether the announced investments reach financial close, what land and community arrangements they involve, and how they affect regional trade in staples.
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s three-day working visit to Russia in June has begun to deliver results, with Russian companies entering Tanzania’s agriculture sector, Daily News reports.
Background
State visits are usually followed by memoranda of understanding, and the difference between an announcement and an investment is whether the commercial terms, land, offtake agreements and repatriation of profits, are actually settled afterwards. Agribusiness deals in East Africa tend to involve large land holdings, which makes the community consultation and compensation arrangements the part worth examining rather than the headline value.
Why it matters here
Kenya competes with Tanzania for the same investment and often for the same markets, and the two countries share a border that a great deal of agricultural trade crosses, not always smoothly. Tanzanian production decisions show up in Nairobi as the price of maize, rice and pulses, and a significant expansion of Tanzanian agribusiness would be felt in Kenyan markets before it is felt anywhere else.
What to watch next
Whether the announced investments reach financial close, what land and community arrangements they involve, and how they affect regional trade in staples.
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