Tanzania: Farmers Strike Gold With Vanilla

By Saumu Mwalimu (THE CITIZEN) Dar es Salaam — Vanilla farming is less popular in Tanzania but farmers from regions like Kagera, Morogoro and Kilimanjaro have struck gold in its cultivation. Dried vanilla beans are used in food, beverages and fragrances are sold at between Sh10,000 and Sh15,000 a kilo. Companies such as Natural Extractive…

Clove growers’ plea to isles govt

By Alawi Masare (THE CITIZEN) Dar es Salaam — Tanzania has indicative prices for cotton, cashew nuts, and fuel but for cloves the pricing mechanism is different. While the prices of fuel and the traditional crops are set by regulatory authorities, for cloves, the marketing body does it instead. The spice – produced in Zanzibar…

Pepper markets stay sluggish

Kochi, October 18:   Spot pepper markets on Tuesday showed a steady trend on sluggish activities. Tamil Nadu dealers were buying Idukki pepper at ₹685-690 a kg directly from the farm gate, market sources told Business Line. Major north Indian centres such as Mumbai and Delhi are flooded with pepper imported from Sri Lanka and Vietnam,…