Tanzania: Covid-19 Negatively Affected Crop Prices - Majaliwa

Published Sep 29, 2020

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The article highlights the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Tanzanian agriculture, as revealed by Kassim Majaliwa, a member of the Central Committee of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM). The pandemic has led to a decrease in the prices of cash crops such as coffee, cotton, tea, cashew nuts, and tobacco, due to the withdrawal of foreign private buyers. In response, the government has pledged to ensure that farmers are fairly compensated and has announced plans to provide loans to Cooperative Unions and Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies (AMCOS) to pay the farmers. Majaliwa also called on farmers to be patient and to support the CCM presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli, citing the party's achievements in health facility construction during Magufuli's presidency.

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The Coronavirus pandemic negatively affected crops' prices as most foreign private buyers were under lockdown, member of the Central Committee of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Kassim Majaliwa has disclosed. Addressing a public rally at Uhuru Stadium in Bukoba Municipal Council on Monday, Premier Majaliwa said the Covid-19 affected almost all cash crops, including coffee, cotton, tea, cashew nuts and tobacco. "While a kilogramme of cashew nuts was sold at 3,000/- before the pandemic, the price dropped to 1,800/- per kilogramme, while a kilogram of cotton dropped from 1,200/- to 850/-," he said. He noted that the government was committed to ensure that farmers in the country enjoy the fruit of their labor and are paid their money, saying the system used by Cooperative Unions and Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies (AMCOS) was guaranteed, and appealed to farmers to be patient as foreign private buyers had shown interest of buying Tanzanian coffee after the Covid-19 ...

Source: All Africa