COFFEE farmers in Tanzania have bright prospects, despite continued price fluctuations in international markets. Coffee has been one of the country's largest export crops contributing about 120 million US dollars (about 188.4bn/-) to export earnings and provides employment to some 400,000 families.
Coffee has remained to be a significant source of export earnings to many nations including Tanzania. It accounted for about 16.5 billion US dollars in the global economy in 2010. Coffee is one of Tanzania's primary agricultural export commodities accounting for about five per cent of total exports value, generating export earnings averaging 100 million US dollars (about 160bn/-) per annum over the last 30 years.
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