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The drive is spearheaded by the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) in collaboration with the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute. The goal is to revive cultivation of the crop, once the leading export commodity for Tanzania
Rombo District in Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania seeks to increase coffee output, which has declined in recent years. Already, some 150,000 seedlings have been distributed to smallholder farmers in the area as part of efforts to increase yields.
The drive is spearheaded by the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) in collaboration with the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute. The goal is to revive cultivation of the crop, once the leading export commodity for Tanzania.
Rombo, one of the six districts in Kilimanjaro, currently produces only about 1,200 metric tonnes of processed coffee a year. The distribution of 150,000 seedlings is intended to increase the yields of the processed beans in the district to at least 4,000 metric tonnes. Countrywide, the government has set a target of a record 300,000 metric tonnes of coffee by 2025/26.
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TCB’s overall goal is to see the production of 20 million coffee seedlings a year in various parts of the country in collaboration with TaCRI. In Rombo, three sites for the propagation of the seedlings have been identified, The propagation sites have been set up to cut down on the costs of production for smallholder coffee growers, Mr. Francis explained.
