Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has opened a public tender worth at least Sh462.4 billion for the sale of non-GMO grains, as the country positions itself to benefit from strong regional demand for cereals.
The October 2025 tender covers a total of 534,000 tonnes of grain, including 500,000 tonnes of maize priced at a minimum of Sh850,000 per tonne, and 34,000 tonnes of paddy rice set at Sh1.1 million per tonne.
