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FAS/Dar es Salaam forecasts marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 corn production to increase by 1.8 percent from 2018/2019 due to a promising fertilizer delivery system.

Most Tanzanians are not knowledgeable about genetic engineering (GE) and GE products, with the exception of a small population with tertiary-level education.

In Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 Tanzania exported 4,864 MT of green coffee beans to the United States, worth 19.2 million USD, representing an increase of four percent from 2016/17.

FAS/Dar es Salaam forecasts marketing year (MY) 2018/19 corn production down 2 percent from 2017/2018, due to pests and diseases such as Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) and Fall Army Worm (FAW).

There is limited understanding of genetic engineering and products thereof among Tanzanians, except for a small population of elites with a tertiary level of education.

As millions of east African smallholder farmers seek to recover from a devastating drought, they face a new threat-fall armyworms.

Tanzania’s coffee production will increase to 1.15 million bags in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, from 1.05 million bags in MY 2016/2017, primarily due to the biennial bearing cycle.

Reported by Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), the delayed onset and below-average rainfall in the northern bimodal and central transition areas has resulted in significant crop loss.

Tanzania planted its first genetically engineered (GE) maize research trials on October 5, 2016, in Dodoma region, a semi-arid area in the central part of the country.

FAS/Dar es Salaam forecasts that Tanzania’s coffee production will decrease to 1.15 million bags in MY 2016/2017 from 1.2 million bags in MY 2015/16 is due to the biennial bearing cycle.

Post forecasts a decrease in corn production in Tanzania in the marketing year (MY) 2016/2017 due to unfavorable weather forecast by the Tanzania Meteorology Agency (TMA)...

This report updates import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products currently required by the Government of Tanzania.