Tanzania: Cashew Creditors in Payment Limbo

Dar es Salaam — Several institutions that are owed billions of shillings in the cashews value chain hope they will not be saddled with huge debts in the new approach to pay farmers directly. Farmers associations and cooperative union officials revealed yesterday some of the debts owed by farmers that were unlikely to be paid should farmers fail to voluntarily settle their debts outside the usual deduction system.

The officials made a plea to the government to ensure that the debts were paid to avoid what they warned may be a disruptive situation in the coming season.

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