Reform experience with the Tanzanian cotton sector (English)

Cotton, Tanzania's second largest crop after coffee, was introduced at the turn of the century by German settlers as a plantation crop but later efforts focused on smallholder production. Output rose considerably with the releases of new varieties, along with better organization of the sector following establishment of the Tanganyika Lint and Seed Marketing Board in 1956. By 1966, production reached 80,000 tons, or 0.75 percent of world production...

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Baffes, John;
Document Date
2005/06/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
33172
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2006/08/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Reform experience with the Tanzanian cotton sector
Keywords
knowledge and learning

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Baffes, John.

Reform experience with the Tanzanian cotton sector (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 251. Environmentally and socially sustainable development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/169661468311082021

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