Magufuli issues tough directives on cashews

Cashew nut Famers of Mbekenyera Village Ruhangwa district in Lindi region puts the cashew in the packet s for selling of warehouse receipt on  Tuesday. MWANJA IBADI

What you need to know:

  • Private companies locked out as Tanzania Peoples Defense Force assumes role of buying and processing cashews.
  • Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank boss directed to release funds to buy farmers' produce at Tsh3,300 a kilo
  • President's order raises worries among input suppliers and transporters owed hundreds of millions of shillings