Tanzania’s coffee crop will hit a record high, taking a large step towards meeting an ambitious government target, boosted by weather improvements and official support measures.
The Tanzanian coffee harvest – an important earner for the east African country, which relies on agriculture for some 28% of its economic output – will hit 1.25m bags in 2015-16, on a July-to-June basis, US Department of Agriculture regional staff said in a report.
That would represent a rise of 100,000 bags year on year, and get the harvest within striking distance of a government target of increasing output to 80,000 tonnes (1.33m bags) by 2016, and 100,000 tonnes (1.67m bags) by 2021.
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