Improving Ginning Technologies And Reviewing Taxes To Benefit Cotton Farmers In The United Republic Of Tanzania

ABSTRACT

Cotton is the URT’s largest export crop after coffee and

accounts for 14 percent of its total agricultural exports. Forty

percent of Tanzanian’s livelihoods are linked to the cotton

sector, which also provides livelihoods for over 500,000 rural

households. Despite policy makers‘ efforts to boost production

and productivity, yields and the technical efficiency of

ginneries remain low. Nonetheless, there is a huge potential

for increasing production and exports – especially since the

global demand for cotton has been steadily growing.