promote, improve the production, 
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

World Cotton Market

N.Y. Cotton FuturesCourtesy: Bremen Cotton Exchange

CDTF, Cotton Fund Scheme

Cotton Development Trust Fund
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Publications and Reports

Cotton from Tanzania

Tanzania is one of the most suitable countries for the production of organic cotton due to its largely unspoiled soil and unpolluted environment. According to “Textile Exchange”, Tanzania produced 2635 tons of organic cotton in the 2009/10 season, which placed the country in 5th position in the ranking of the world‟s leading organic cotton produers.

In recent years, Tanzania has become ideally suited for entering into partnership with various producers of organic textiles and clothing products by ensuring them with the required supply of organic cotton, whose cultivation is practised in certain areas in the west, especially in the districts of Meatu and partly Maswa, in the Shinyanga region.

In this type of project-based cotton cultivation, extension services are more frequent and crop management practices are better applied. Yields are, however, comparatively lower than those achieved in non-organic cotton farms. see attachment for more info

Reports and Publications

Tanzania Cotton Board Annual Report 2011
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB)…

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Government Support to the Cotton Industry
Subsidies to the cotton industry, including direct support to production,…

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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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