Keynote on the International Trends and Forces in Agricultural Development and their Implication for Rural Tanzania

"Another major impediment for rural development in Tanzania type of societies is restricted access to northern agricultural markets. There has been a tendency to heavily protect the agricultural sectors of developed countries by high tariffs, quotas and other instruments including stringent phytosanitary rules on imported products. Such a complex set of import barriers has restricted market opportunities for exporters in developing countries. The overall consequence of this situation is to relegate the rural population to operate within a limited share of the world market and to be confined to the slowest-growing sector of international trade." - Dr. Salim, November 22, 2004