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Tanzania’s Coffee Sector : Constraints and Challenges in a Global Environment

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dc.contributor.authorBaffes, John
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T09:18:20Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T09:18:20Z
dc.date.issued2004-04
dc.description.abstractCoffee, Tanzania's largest export crop, contributes about 115 dollars to the country 's export earnings. About 95 percent of coffee is produced by some 400,000 smallholders on average plots of 1-2 hectares. Most do not use purchased inputs such as chemicals and fertilizers. Before 1990 all coffee marketing (including input provision, transportation, and processing) was handled by the state coffee board and the cooperative unions. Modest reforms were implemented in 1990 affecting inputs, price announcements, and retention of dollar export earnings. More comprehensive reforms were introduced beginning in 1994/95, allowing private traders to purchase coffee directly from growers and process it in their own factories for the first time in more than 30 years. While producers ' share of export prices increased, official statistics show no supply response. Coffee processing capacity, marketing efficiency, and investment in new plantings increased. Several issues remain to be addressed. Taxes should be consolidated, lowered, and rationalized across all export crops and other exports and the tax code should be simplified. Licensing procedures need to be reexamined. Licenses should be suspended only in accordance with the Coffee Industry Act of 2001, and not in response to requests by the cooperative unions or the Ministry of Cooperatives. The coffee auction should be voluntary, substantially reducing the costs of vertically integrated exporters and enhancing cross-border trade. The Tanzanian Coffee Board should be responsible for disseminating price and other information and for monitoring the quality of auction coffee sales and other coffee statistics. The power of the board and the ministry ought to be substantially reduced and their respective roles clearly defined.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5529484/tanzanias-coffee-sector-constraints-challenges-global-environment
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/9695
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9695
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 237
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBANK ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectCOFFEE
dc.subjectCOFFEE GROWERS
dc.subjectCOFFEE PRICES
dc.subjectCOFFEE PROCESSING
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEVALUATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFOREIGN CURRENCY
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINPUT USE
dc.subjectINTEREST RATES
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLEASING
dc.subjectLICENSES
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST PRICING
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTREASURY
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectYIELDS
dc.titleTanzania’s Coffee Sector : Constraints and Challenges in a Global Environmenten
dc.title.alternativeLe secteur du cafe en Tanzanieen
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okr.date.disclosure2005-01-04
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:24:41.769167Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5529484/tanzanias-coffee-sector-constraints-challenges-global-environment
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000160016_20050104125503
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5529484
okr.identifier.report31050
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicPublic Sector Economics
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicCrops and Crop Management Systems
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicPublic Sector Development
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.topicAgriculture
okr.unitAFT: Development Effectiveness (AFTDE)
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