Agriculture minister Hussein Bashe (right) confers with newly appointed Tea Board of Tanzania (TBT) chairman Abdulmajid Nsekela, who is also CRDB Bank chief executive, during a tea industry stakeholders' meeting in Dodoma on April 8, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESY
Dodoma. The government is considering a major overhaul of the tea industry aimed at boosting farmers’ earnings and preventing the collapse of the sector.
The initiative, which will be led by the newly-appointed Tea Board of Tanzania (TBT), focuses on bringing transparency to the pricing structure of green tea leaves.