Government, Uk Trust Finance Contract COtton Farming - Jan 16, 2013A statement issued by the Trust said given the challenge to reform presented by local vested interests in the sector the work include support for policy…
Pinda calls for contract farming boost - Sep 24, 2012From MOSES MATHRE in Mwanza - Daily News - Friday September, 21, 2012
PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda has called upon politicians and experts…
PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda has called upon politicians and experts…
Farmers set to beat last cotton seed sale record - Sep 24, 2012By Guardian Reporter - Friday September, 21, 2012
Tanzanian farmers have sold over 256,000 metric tonnes of cotton seed within the first 11…
Tanzanian farmers have sold over 256,000 metric tonnes of cotton seed within the first 11…
Tanzania Cotton Board Annual Report 2011 - Aug 16, 2012On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) it is my pleasure to present the Annual Performance Report for the financial year…
Steel Yard Scale Use Okayed - Jul 17, 2012Source: Daily News, Tuesday July 3, 2012.
Leonard Mwakalebela, Nasongelya Kilyinga & Christopher Majaliwa.
The Government has agreed…
Leonard Mwakalebela, Nasongelya Kilyinga & Christopher Majaliwa.
The Government has agreed…
Future Of Cotton Industry Faced With Uncertainty - Jun 19, 2012Source: Daily News, Tuesday June 12, 2012.
Masato Masato.
POLITICS SEEN TAKING CENTRE STAGE IN CONTRACT COTTON FARMING
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Masato Masato.
POLITICS SEEN TAKING CENTRE STAGE IN CONTRACT COTTON FARMING
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Call for Review of GMO Rules - May 15, 2012The contestable clause in the bio-safety regulatory framework ensures that even if GMOs were to be introduced, the companies supplying them would be accountable…
Cotton Traders Taken to Task - May 03, 2012The Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, gave the Order yesterday after it was revealed that some firms which…
Call to Uphold Contract Farming - Apr 30, 2012Speaking in Mwanza at TCA Meeting on Saturday evening, a cross-section of stakeholders said the cotton sector would be in trouble if contract farming is…
Cotton Stakeholders Urged to Solve Sector’s Problem - Apr 04, 2012Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Prof Jumanne Maghembe told a news conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday that problem facing the…
Law Change To Benefit Cotton Growers - Feb 08, 2012Prof Maghembe said this when responding to a supplementary question from said Amour Afri (Mpanda Town - Chadema) who had wanted to know what the government…
Stakeholders Welcome Textile Engineering Course - Aug 26, 2011Thursday, August 23, 2011 - Daily News
The introduction of textile engineering course at the University of Dar es Salaam has been received…
The introduction of textile engineering course at the University of Dar es Salaam has been received…
Bei ya Pamba Sasa ni Tshs 800/- - Jul 03, 2011All stakeholders, including producers, buyers and government, had agreed on the starting farm gate price of Tshs 800/-, from half of 2011 buying…
Cotton Buying Season Start - Jun 19, 2011All stakeholders, including producers, buyers and government, met in the Lake Victoria side city of Mwanza early this month and agreed on the starting…
Tanzania cotton forecast down 40pc on bad weather - Feb 23, 2011The country will probably produce 54,000 metric tonnes of lint cotton in the season through June compared with a previous estimate of 90,000 tonnes, Mr…
Cotton industry to adopt contract farming system - Jan 10, 2011According to Mr Marco Mtunga, the acting director general of the Tanzania Cotton Board, the resolution was reached in May last year by cotton industry…
Faculty Set up to Boost Textile Industry - Jan 10, 2011Speaking to The Citizen on the cotton and textile development programme in Mwanza yesterday, Mr Ibrahim Seushi of the Tanzania Gatsby Foundation, the main…
Cotton Production Regions - Feb 24, 2010Cotton is mainly grown on small scale farms, and is divided into two general zones: the western cotton zone of Shinyanga, Mwanza, Tabora, Mara,…
Tanzania’s Cotton Output May Drop 28% This Year on Lower Prices - Jan 28, 2010Output may decline to 89,000 metric tons in the season that ends in March from last year's crop of 123,000 tons, Joe Kabissa, director general of the Tanzania…
JK Agitates for Cotton Hand Looms - Jan 25, 2010"Most of the Indian clothes are actually done by families of cotton farmers," said President Kikwete, after visiting Al Adawi Company Limited's ginnery…
