New Delhi, Sep 15 - With East Africa reeling under a severe drought, India offered all possible help and assistance in spurring a green revolution in Tanzania.

Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K. Pinda, who is on a four-day visit to India, held wide-ranging discussions with the External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday, where the issue of agricultural cooperation was discussed in detail.

Tanzania has offered to lease land to Indian private companies for a period of 99 years, as it pitched for increased investment in the agricultural sector.

Indian companies have been looking for land in Africa, especially for cash crops like sugar cane and oilseeds, of which India faces a severe shortage. There had also been training capsules for African agricultural workers to familiarise them with best farm practices in India with similar conditions of soil and climate.

The Tanzanian leader's India visit comes at a time when the East African region is going through its severest drought in a decade. This naturally dictated the main theme of his visit to be agricultural cooperation and food security.

MEA spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said that Krishna had apprised the visiting leader about India's experience in green revolution in the '60s, which led to it being self-sufficient in foodgrain.

The visiting Tanzanian delegation visited the Indian Council for Agricultural Research in Pusa Monday.