Tanzania: Increase coffee production to meet new factory demand

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Published Feb 3, 2024

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Mara Regional Commissioner, Mr Said Mtanda, has urged local residents to boost coffee farming to meet the supply needs of a new coffee processing factory owned by the regional farmers' cooperative union, WAMACU. The factory, capable of processing five to 12 tonnes of coffee per day, is currently experiencing a raw material shortage. WAMACU has secured coffee markets in the US, UK, and Canada. The government has been advised to increase coffee seedling production and offer free distribution to encourage more residents to engage in coffee farming.

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MARA: MARA Regional Commissioner Mr Said Mtanda has urged residents to increase coffee farming and get raw materials to the newly constructed coffee processing factory, a property of the farmers' cooperative union in the region (WAMACU). Launching such a 1.3bn/- worth coffee factor recently, the RC said that the region is endowed with arable lands, but unproductively utilised. "For instance, we have recently destroyed over 1,000 hectares of cannabis in the Mara River Valley. People claim that they make it since the valley accommodates so many birds that have been destroying the rice. Now, I tell you that the birds never destroy the coffee, switch in," he made the call. WAMACU Manager, Mr Samwel Gisiboye, said that the factory with a processing capacity of between five to 12 tonnes per day faces a shortage of raw materials. According to him, the cooperative has already secured coffee markets in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, urging the Mara residents to grab such an ...

Source: All Africa