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productivity of Tanzania Cotton To promote the development of cotton industry To make regulations for cultivation, marketing, processing, importation, exportation and storage of seed cotton and cotton lint To assist directly or through financial support research and development and extension services. To promote the establishment of societies or associations of stakeholders and monitor their activities To regulate and control the quality of seed cotton and cotton lint

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News and Announcements

Law Change To Benefit Cotton Growers - Feb 08, 2012
Prof 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, 2011
Thursday, August 23, 2011 - Daily News

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, 2011
All 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, 2011
All 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, 2011
The 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, 2011
According 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, 2011
Speaking 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, 2010
Cotton 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, 2010
Output 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…

Tanzania Cotton Sector Saved By Stimulus Package - Jan 08, 2010
According to reports, the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) has credited the recently introduced economic stimulus package for the unexpected turn around in…

Performance Overview for the year 2008/09 - Jun 05, 2009

NBC Donates 2 Million to the Tanzania Cotton Board - Mar 04, 2009
"The cotton industry has benefited many farmers who are also our customers and NBC was obliged to help the board that is mandated to ensure that cotton…

WTO ruling good news for cotton farmers - Oct 18, 2007
In fact, one of the reasons that led to the outbreak of the infamous two World Wars was international trade rivalries, as each of the industrialized countries…

Record Cotton Production in Tanzania - Jan 28, 2005
Cotton deliveries are still arriving at the gins, which began in July 2004 and should continue to the end of March. Area harvested is also estimated at…

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Reports and Publications

Cotton from Tanzania
In recent years, Tanzania has become ideally suited for entering into…

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GLOBAL COTTON PRODUCTION TO DECLINE IN 2012/13
As a result, cotton area in many countries is expected to decline…

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Tanzania Cotton Board Annual Report 2010
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB)…

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The Cotton Industry Implementation Plan, CIIP: 2010-2015
The cotton sector is one of the key cash crops in the economy. It…

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Cotton Market Development Strategy For Central Tanzania
The cotton sector is a major source of employment and income in Tanzania…

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Second Corporate Strategic Plan: 2010/11- 2012/13
The Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) began to prepare three- year Corporate…

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Viuadudu Vilivyoagizwa na Kusambazwa 1999/00 hadi 2009/10
Viuadudu Vilivyoagizwa na Kusambazwa 1999/00 hadi 2009/10

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