DESPITE LATENT CHALLANGES, TANZANIA TOBACCO LEAF PRODUCTION TO EXPAND
October 16th, 2024
Tanzania is now Africa’s second-largest raw tobacco producer after Zimbabwe, according to the country’s agriculture minister Hussein Bashe and plans are underway to increase production and leaf processing capacity by encouraging more small-scale farmers to engage in contractual tobacco commercial farming.
Bashe noted that although about 122,858 tonnes of tobacco leaf were produced in the 2023/24 season, production is set to rise. “We aim to produce 200,000 tonnes in the 2024/2025 season and further increase it to 300,000 tonnes in the 2025/2026 season,” ...
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