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Origins

Regions

Producing-area context for Tanzania's agricultural export commodities — geography, supply chain and market relevance.

Arusha

Arusha Region, in northeastern Tanzania around Mount Meru and near Kilimanjaro, is an Arabica coffee-growing area, cultivated on…

Kagera

Kagera sits in northwest Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria, bordering Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. It…

Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro Region, in northern Tanzania around Africa's tallest mountain, is one of the country's original Arabica coffee zones,…

Lindi

Lindi Region, immediately north of Mtwara on Tanzania's southeastern coast, is the country's second-largest cashew-producing region. In Cashewnut…

Mbeya

Mbeya Region, in Tanzania's Southern Highlands near Lake Nyasa, is a multi-crop production area. It is named among…

Morogoro

Morogoro Region, in eastern Tanzania at the base of the Uluguru Mountains, is one of the country's four…

Mtwara

Mtwara Region, on Tanzania's southeastern coast bordering Mozambique, is the country's largest cashew-producing region. In Cashewnut Board of…

Pemba

Pemba, the smaller and more northerly island of the Zanzibar archipelago, is the archipelago's dominant clove-growing area. Sourcing…

Ruvuma

Ruvuma Region, in southern Tanzania bordering Mozambique, has a genuinely dual commodity profile. It is one of the…

Songwe

Songwe Region was split from Mbeya Region in 2016 and lies in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. It is named…

Tanga

Tanga Region, on Tanzania's northeastern coast, has a varied cash-crop base. It contributes a small but recognized share…

Zanzibar (Unguja)

Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar archipelago, is historically part of what became known as the "Spice…