For the last 17 years The Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI), one of the oldest agricultural research centres in the country, enjoyed funding from the European Union (EU) which now has come to a halt, leaving TaCRI pleading for urgent intervention by the government to stem its financial crisis.
EU support through the European Development Bank (EDF), in particular, has dealt a blow to the production of hybrid seedlings of improved coffee varieties who’s research stations are located at Sirari which serves Mara region, Maruku in Kagera region but specifically for Robusta coffee, Mwayaya in Buhugwe district (Kigoma) for the western zone, Mbimba (Mbozi), Ugano (Mbinga) and Lyamungo for the northern zone regions.
