Tanzania government plans to triple avocado production in three years

According to the "Daily News" report on February 5, Tanzania 's Agriculture Minister Hussain said in the parliament that the Tanzanian government will increase investment in research on improved seedlings, expand the area of ​​avocados, and increase the annual output of avocados from the current 48,000 tons within three years.
raised to 140,000 tons
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Hussain said that the Tanzania National Agricultural Research Institute is conducting field tests in major producing areas such as Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Njumbé, and Dar es Salaam.
Plant capacity and quality
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At the same time, the government will also build avocado packaging and storage facilities in the above-mentioned production areas, optimize the procurement and sales procedures, and further explore the international market
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Hussain said that avocado cultivation is an important industry for poverty alleviation in Tanzania.
The government will increase its support and will consider providing improved seedlings for free with reference to cotton, cashew nuts, palm trees and other industries to attract more farmers to participate in planting
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