VIDEO: Clove price hits Tanzanian farmers

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Clove price drop hits Tanzanian farmers
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Cloves are a vital ingredient in many spicy dishes, and particularly popular in Europe around Christmas time. But the farmers who produce them have seen dramatic price falls recently. Clove farmers in Tanzania are calling for more government help to sustain ...

Farmers promised increased clove prices
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
PRESIDENT Ali Mohamed Shein pledged here that the next Government of National Unity (GNU) will increase prices of cloves from 14,000/- to 20,000/- Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential aspirant made the promises at a campaign rally held at ...

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Dr Shein assures farmers he will take up clove branding
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The Zanzibar CCM presidential candidate, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein has assured farmers that the process of branding isles' cloves is at an advanced stage and the crop will soon start to be branded. He said the strategy is aimed at maximising the value of ...
Shein to improve scribes' working conditionsDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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The farmer in Mufindi-Tanzania.

IN THE semi-arid lowlands of Mufindi, in southern Tanzania, water is hard to come by. Villagers rely on irrigation to grow maize, potatoes and spinach. Informal and often woolly codes govern how much water each farmer diverts to their own fields, and how much they leave for their neighbours downstream. Some farmers, naturally, turn out to be more grasping than others. Economists typically see such decisions as irreducible: there is no accounting for...

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Tanzanian Farmers Call On Government to Improve Access to Markets to Sell ...
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — Tanzanian smallholder farmers are asking for more support to help them sell their produce. Through an innovative poll, led by Farm Radio International, 8,891 farmers nationwide were consulted on their access to reliable, local markets.
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A look at the economic case for solving the imbalance between male and female farmers' output around the world.