Green gold: Six crops tipped to drive horticultural boom

Arusha. Tanzania has set its sights on Asia’s growing middle class as a lucrative market for six high-value crops: sweet melon, chillies, avocados, macadamia nuts, berries and assorted vegetables.

According to the Tanzania Horticultural Association (Taha), these crops are gaining strong traction in Asia, where demand for fresh produce is expanding rapidly.