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Tanzania: Low Prices Fuel Coffee Smuggling to Neighbouring Countries
Citizen, 23 October 2018
Low producer prices could be the reason that has forced some coffee farmers to smuggle the crop to markets in the neighbouring countries. Read more »
Why Tanzanian Coffee Farmers Are Now Smugglers
Low producer prices could be the reason that some coffee farmers are smuggling the crop to markets in neighbouring countries, says a lobby group. Stakeholders in the industry say the Sh 2,000 (U.S. 87 cents) per kilogram paid to the farmers is far below their production costs.
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