This article reports on the urgency of Tanzania and other African countries to strive to add the highest possible value to their agricultural produce for both domestic and international markets. The article quotes a book ...

The Economic Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) declared value adding industries as the leading area of investment, particularly in the agriculture sector. The EPZA director general was quoted saying 55% of industries under ...

The aim of this news is to report on the need for agriculture and industrialization for rapid economic growth of Tanzania. Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without comprising ...

The aim of this news is to report about the decline of agriculture’s contribution to Gross Domestic Product in 2010 in Tanzania. The growth of the agricultural sector, which is often touted as the country’s economic backbone, ...

Stakeholders have called upon the government with the aim of discusing Agro-processing a means of curbing revenue loss from the Tanzanian agricultural sector. This call was made during the Policy Forum breakfast ...

The aim of this study was the role of Agro-processing vital for successful commodity for the country to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth. Tanzania needs to urgently foster a new development approach based on ...

The aim of this study was to add value in agricultural products and textile processing that will strengthening the country’s economy. Industries specializing in adding value to agricultural products have been singled out ...

This study analyzes processing, marketing and demand for processed fruits and vegetables in Tanzania. Data are collected from a sample of 320 households, 77 traders and 59 processors using structured questionnaire. Results ...

This newspaper article reports on complains of counterfeit for animal feeds producers. Local producers of animal feeds have complained of a growing tendency by dishonest people. They say these people are selling sub-standard ...

The annual industrial and production survey was commissioned to measure the performance of industrial sector in 21 regions of Tanzania mainland. Survey report shows that the industry sector grew by 9.9 percent in 2008 ...

This study assess challenges facing Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) towards international marketing standards. Data was based on interviews, questionnaires and literature reviews. Study findings show that SME’s face ...

The study provide an assessment of village level sugar processing technology in TANZANI. It focused on the technical, social, economic and environmental impact of the installed sugar processing equipment in the surrounding ...

This paper assesses business constraints that affect the potential growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania. Quantitative approach was used in this study. An intensive literature review was conducted. The ...

This news is about a tailor-made training, launched by Small and medium enterprises competitiveness facility (SCF) launched on food processing for SMEs chief executive officers (CEOs) and their staff to build their capacity ...

This report aims at providing an overview of the smallholders biofuels production in Tanzania.The experience of Diligent Tanzania Ltd reflects the operations of a commercial project however initial seed funding came from ...

The citizen newspaper article (2013) report about opposes made by the east African cement producers association (EACPA) on power tariff rise. The EACPA has opposed the proposal by Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) ...

This 2011 newspaper article by the citizen reports on the protection sought by cement companies. Cement manufacturers in Tanzania are complaining that they are unable to compete with imports from Egypt, India and Pakistan. ...

The 2009 article by the Guardian reports on halted production by cement companies in Tanzania. Three giant cement producers in the country, Tanga, Mbeya and Twiga cement companies have halted production of the commodity, ...

This paper examines the challenges facing small-scale furniture makers in the city of Mwanza. It assesses the firms’ prospects of upgrading their manufacturing activities, and evaluates the degree to which clustering ...

This study identifies and analyses factors affecting mall-scale enterprises (MSEs). The case study is mainly based on individual semi-structured interviews with sunflower oil processors and farmers in Babati districts. The ...