Tanzania cashes in as food crops grow in importance

Tanzania rice market: Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Zambia, India, United Arab Emirates and Malawi among others, according to data obtained from the  Ministry of Agriculture.

What you need to know:

  • Official data shows, for example, that Tanzania last year earned much more from rice exports alone than from traditional commercial crops such as sisal, tea, cotton and cloves combined