SAGCOT Centre Ltd Information

The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) is an inclusive, multi-stakeholder partnership consisting of farmers, agri-business, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and companies from across the private sector. The objective of the partnership is to rapidly develop the region's agricultural potential through inclusive commercially successful agribusinesses that will benefit the region's small-scale farmers, and in so doing, improve food security, reduce rural poverty and ensure environmental sustainability SAGCOT envisions that USD $2.1 billion of private investment can be mobilized over a twenty-year period, alongside public sector grants and loans of USD$1.3 billion. The impact will be a tripling of the area's agricultural output and income improvement for millions of Tanzanians.