Coffee, Tanzania's largest export crop, contributes about 115 dollars to the country 's export earnings. About 95 … percent of coffee is produced by some 400,000 smallholders on average plots of 1-2 hectares. Most do not use purchased inputs … such as chemicals and fertilizers. Before 1990 all coffee marketing (including input provision, transportation, and …

This article contributes to the liberalisation debate in Africa by assessing the policy reforms in the Tanzanian cotton … system collapsed, while the mixing of cotton varieties constitutes a threat to the viability of the sector. The co …