Will drop of Brazil coffee yields benefit Tanzania?

Lucy Hooker looks at how a G8 initiative to boost crop yields is working in Tanzania.

Tanzania is yet to brand its coffee because issues such as the formation of a legal framework, policy and regulations have not been dealt with.

Research is key towards production and quality improvement of coffee in Tanzania  The Citizen Daily

>Wakati Watanzania wakiamini kuwa mzao yeyote wa watoto nchini Brazil ana uhusiano na mchezo wa soka, kumbe kuna Watanzania wengi waliopata bahati ya kuchanganya damu kwa kuzaa na wanawake wa Brazil.

CHARITY: John Port School coffee morning to support 'Kids Aid Tanzania'
Burton Mail
John Port School, in Etwall, is inviting people to a morning of festive cheer on Friday, December 19, from 10am to 12.30pm. A variety of pupils from the school will provide entertainment for visitors, and all proceeds will go to the Kids Aid Tanzania charity, ...

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling… It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground...

 Deputy Permanent Secretary President's Office-Public Service Management Mr.HAB Mkwizu (left) speaking at a farewell ceremony of departing JICA Senior Representative Mr.Hajime Iwama (second left) at the President's Office - Public Service Management yesterday. Deputy Permanent Secretary President's Office-Public Service Management Mr.HAB Mkwizu (left) present a gift to outgoing JICA Senior Representative Mr. Hajime Iwama during a farewell ceremony held at the President's Office-Public...

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Tanzania blames migration for huge drop in elephant numbers
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's elephant population fell 60 percent over the last five years but the reason could well be migration, the government said, a conclusion that drew derision from conservation groups who spoke of "industrial scale" ...
Tanzania elephants suffer 'catastrophic decline'The Sun Daily

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Tanzania faced with crisis as elephant numbers drop sharply
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The sharp decline of the elephant population in Tanzania mostly due to poaching, is catastrophic, a wildlife conservation group said last week writes DAMAS MAKANGALE. The Tanzanian government estimates that 65,721 ...
Mystery As 10000 Elephants DisappearAllAfrica.com
The real reason for the catastrophic collapse of Tanzania's elephant populationWashington Post
Arusha wildlife trust...