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| Minister of Agriculture Hussein Bashe (second from right) receives a special award from the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB)’s board chairperson, Prof. Aurelia Kamuzora on behalf of the President Samia Suluhu Hassan during the 13th edition of the country’s coffee stakeholders general meeting held over the weekend in Dodoma region. The Board awarded President Samia for administering a series of initiatives which has so far resulted in major reforms towards the country’s coffee sector. |
By Valentine Oforo, Dodoma
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THE Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) has awarded President Samia Suluhu Hassan a prestigious trophy for administering a series of efforts which has so far resulted in major reforms towards the country’s coffee sector.
The appreciation-award, which was received by the Minister of Agriculture Hussein Bashe on behalf of the President was presented by the TCB’s board chairperson, Prof. Aurelia Kamuzora during the 13th edition of the country’s coffee stakeholders general meeting held over the weekend in Dodoma region.
Speaking shortly after the handing over, the TCB’s Director General (DG), Primus kimaryo expressed that, after stagnating for years, the country’s coffee sector is currently rolling back to it deserved apex due to several helpful strategies being implemented by the government to support the general thrive of the economic sector.
“For instance, coffee production in Tanzania has successfully improved to the tune of at least 23.4 percent, from 66,837 tons to 82,491 tons between 2020/21 and 2025/26,” he unveiled, saying it is the first higher record ever since the country’s independence.
He observed that the on-going impressive development in the production of the key economic cash crop in the country has been achieved due to increased production and availability of enough improved coffee seedlings among the local farmers.
Together with that, he added that so far efforts by the government to lobby for good prices for the crop in the local and international markets has spurred a fresh impetus among the local farmers to engage into large plantations.
“We, TCB, are feeling proud and deeply appreciating the numerous efforts being engineered by President Samia’s government to support the coffee sector through setting friendly policies and working environment which is enabling us to execute most of our programs successfully,” Kimaryo appreciated.
And he added, there has also been a major improvement in the influx of key stakeholders who are chipping in the sector to roll out capital loans, such as machines and inputs to the coffee farmers at patriotic paying systems, the development he observed to have fueling good performance in the sector.
During the two-day consecutive meeting, the Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa was also awarded for his support for the general overhaul and advancement of the country;s coffee systems, which include a move to stabilize the coffee’s cooperative unions and markets.
Agriculture Minister, Hussein Bashe, for his side has been awarded by the TCB for his continued commitment to improve the performance of the sector, ranging from the institutional administrations down to the farmers outputs, whereby the Ngara Coffee Farmers Cooperative union and Aviv Coffee Plantation were also awarded for excelling in the sector.
Tanzania Coffee Board is a government organ established by the Tanzania Coffee Industry Act No. 23 of 2001. Its main function is to regulate the coffee industry in Tanzania and advise the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania on all matters related to the growing, processing and marketing of coffee within and outside the country.
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