Tanzania: Institution to research decline in clove production

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Tanzania

Innovation & Technology

Published Dec 28, 2023

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The Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) is set to receive funding from the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) to support research on the challenges facing cloves, with an additional 30m/- allocated by the Zanzibar Planning Commission. The decline in clove production, which has decreased from over 30,000 tonnes to 8,736 tonnes in 2022, is a growing concern, despite government interventions such as distributing free seedlings and raising the buying price. COSTECH has also received 250,000 US dollars from development partners to support research at various higher learning institutions in the country, including ZARI, Sokoine Agricultural College (SUA), the University of Dodoma (UDOM), Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), and the Research Institute of Marine Life in Tanzania (TAFIRI).

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ZANZIBAR: THE Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) is expected to benefit from funds provided by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) to support research in various institutions in the country. ZARI Director Dr Mohammed Dhamir Kombo said that the commission has received a total of 70m/- to support research work to be conducted by various higher learning institutions, including the Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute. Dr Kombo explained that ZARI has planned to assess the challenges facing cloves, and the Zanzibar government, through its Zanzibar Planning Commission, has allocated an additional 30m/- to support a thorough study or assessment of why clove production has dropped. "ZARI will use these funds to investigate and analyse the reasons that have led to the decline in clove production," said Dr Kombo, adding that the study will begin soon and will examine the indicators and challenges of the decline in clove production. ZARI will also ...

Source: All Africa