TANZANIA: TANZANIA’s coffee production is set to increase to the projected output in the next two years thanks to the new initiatives that enabled more regions to farm the crop.
The country set a goal of producing 300,000 tonnes of coffee by 2025 from 81,500 tonnes in 2023. The coffee production jumped 20 per cent in this season and was the highest in history.
Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) Director General Mr Primus Kimaryo said on Wednesday that the new regions will boost the products after the area under coffee cultivation in the country went up almost 50 per cent from current 218,052 acres to 318,052 acres.
“In recent years, more regions have started cultivating coffee in abundance including Katavi, Njombe and Geita to raise the number from 14 in 2012 to the current 17,” Mr Kimaryo said when informing stakeholders on the preparations of the 4th Kahawa Festival late this month.
On top of that, TCB Director General said Kigoma and Morogoro regions have increased areas under coffee cultivation hence contributing further the crop output.
“This has positively contributed to the increase in the production of the coffee this season,” he said.
The coffee production increased by 20 per cent to 81,500 tonnes in 2022/2023 season up from 66,605 tonnes in 2021/2022.
Regarding the 4th Kahawa Festival Mr Kimaryo said the three-day event will kick off on the last Friday of the month in Moshi, Kilimanjaro.
“Unlike last year, this year participants will include financial institutions as well as medical practitioners to educate people on the importance of using coffee for health,” he said.
This year event will also feature financial services, agricultural education for farmers and other stakeholders to improve coffee businesses.
Additionally, the event will be spiced up with competition on various categories related to coffee production aiming at improving coffee quality production among farmers.
The TCB’s Acting Coffee Quality and Mobilisation Director, Mr Frank Nyarusi said the festival will contribute in continuing to promote the country coffee, whose quality continues to attract many customers inside and outside the country.
“Recently, Japan coffee clients expressed their satisfaction with the coffee produced in the country and is now a focus of many coffee traders and consumers in Japan,” he said.
In the season ended recently, 37,909 tonnes or 46.5 per cent of the coffee beans harvested in the country were Arabica and 43,589 tonnes were Robusta. Tanzania earned 231 million US dollars compared to 206.23 million dollars in the previous 2021/22 season.
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