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Tanzania, Mtwara plans to triple cashew nuts harvest

Raw Cashew Nut
Tanzania
Published Dec 18, 2021

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MTWARA is planning to almost triple the production of cashew nuts to 700,000 tonnes in four years.The region plans to push up cashew production concurred well with the Wednesday’s wining of a brand new tractor by Mtwara-Masasi Co-operative Union (MAMCU) from the National Bank of Commerce (NBC) lottery.

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MTWARA is planning to almost triple the production of cashew nuts to 700,000 tonnes in four years. The region plans to push up cashew production concurred well with the Wednesday’s wining of a brand new tractor by Mtwara-Masasi Co-operative Union (MAMCU) from the National Bank of Commerce (NBC) lottery. Mtwara Regional Administrative Secretary, (RAS), Mr Abdallah Malela, said the prizes came at the right time as the region was implementing its strategies to increase cashew nuts production from the current 280,000 tonnes by 2025. “The region issued a basic resolution that beginning next farming season every major cooperative union should have a 1,500-acre farm in order to meet cashew nuts and other strategic crops production targets. “With these prizes, it is evident that you have NBC’s support and you should also support the bank,” he said. NBC presented various prizes, including bicycles, motorcycles and a tractor to winners of the sixth ‘Vuna Zaidi na NBC Shambani’, a campaign ...
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