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Friday, August 26, 2005

Tanzanian farmers urged to grow more organic coffee

Tanzanian officials are telling farmers in Kagera and Kilimanjaro that growing organic coffee is cost-effective, as the crop is grown with organic manure and that it claims higher prices that non-organically grown coffee. Tanzanian farmers began growing the crop about four years ago and have so far shipped out about 10 tons of the product, mainly to Germany and Japan.

Read more about the story at The East African.

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