Tanzania Tries to Boost Local Coffee Consumption
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania wants to boost domestic coffee consumption, replace old tree varieties and keep farmers informed about world price movements in a bid to end longstanding stagnation in the sector.
“Coffee in this country has stagnated,” Adolph Kumburu, chief executive of the Tanzania Coffee Board, told Reuters in a telephone interview late on Monday from the northern town of Arusha, which is hosting a two-day coffee conference.
Read the full article, “Tanzania wants to wake up stagnant coffee sector,” posted by Reuters Africa on December 1, 2009.
