A 2017 case study titled "Women's Access to Land in Tanzania" revealed that the majority of small-scale women farmers are illiterate and lack the capacity to fight for their rights. They also struggle to access reliable markets because of high transport costs of their harvests, resulting in little profit.

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.

The World Food Programme will buy between 75,000 and 100,000 metric tonnes of maize and assist farmers to address among others, the causes of post-harvest losses in key commodity crops, the access to extension services, quality inputs and access to markets.

The government's proposal to make changes to the Cashewnut Industry Act has sparked a heated debate in parliament. Currently the law requires that 65% of the crop export levy be remitted to farmers through the Cashew Nut Board of Tanzania, while the government is left with the remaining 35%.With the changes, part of the export levy collected will not be remitted to farmers for developing crops as is the case now, but instead all the monies will be deposited in the treasury's consolidated fund.