CURRENT STATUS amp FUTURE PROSPECTS Overview of Tea Industry in Tanzania Planted area 2272155ha Estates Subsector 1127210 ha Smallholders subsector 1144945 ha Tea processing 19 factories owned by large scale farmers ID: 130726
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TANZANIA TEA INDUSTRY
CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE PROSPECTSSlide2
Overview of Tea Industry in Tanzania
Planted area – 22,721.55ha
Estates Subsector - 11,272.10 ha
Smallholders subsector - 11,449.45 ha
Tea processing
- 19 factories owned by large scale farmers
- 4 factories jointly owned with S.H/farmers
- Av. MT production 33,000 tons/annum
Tea Blending and packing
- 9 factories owned by private companies - Av. Local sales 5,000 tons/annum
Av. Foreign Exchange Earnings –over USD
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INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN
Launching of Tea industry strategy
(2012/13-2022/23), envisage; Double tea productivity & Focus on quality
Government subsidies
on improved clonal planting materials; TSHTDA- 45m & TRIT-70m
Partnership between private Estates & The Government of Tanzania
; aims at;
Double tea production to some estates in Southern Highlands
Improve productivity for the participating smallholder in an area of 6,000ha
Introduction of Green Leaf Pricing Mechanism
Based on Cost sharing & final market price
Introduce first and Second payment system
Improve quality Slide10
CONCLUSION
Planted area to increase to 25,000ha by 2022/23
Made tea volume to increase to over 50,000 tons by 2022/23
Local sale volume
to increase to over
20% by 2022/23
Export sales to constitute less than the current 85%
Quality of tea to increase from “low to medium” to high
Average Annual Income to increase to over USD 100m
FUTURE PROSPECTSSlide11
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