The agricultural sector remains central to Tanzania’s industrialization as it provides markets for industrial products and raw materials for industries. Tanzania has 44 million hectares of arable land with an estimated 29.4 million hectares suitable for irrigation.
General Available Opportunities:
- Undertaking in large-scale commercial farming of crops such as sugarcane, rice, wheat, coffee, tea, sunflower, pulses, floriculture, cotton, sisal, grape, simsim, and maize.
- Huge potential for sugarcane farming and sugar production. Sugarcane farming and sugar production is supported by vast water sources, good climatic conditions, and huge market potential
- Huge potential in investment in Agro-Industries and Agro-processing
- Development of out-growers to complement the sources of raw materials for the industries as appropriate
- Expansion and improvement of irrigation systems; improvement of R&D in crops cultivation;
Tanz Trust Ltd Investment Opportunity: Contract Farming – Yellow Maize in Tanzania
Number of acres to start: 200 acres
Project location: Assigned locations around the country?
3. Mechanization and irrigation
4. Harvesting and storage
Tanz Trust Ltd Avocado Investment Opportunities:
Avocado production in Tanzania is mainly done in humid climatic conditions of Southern Highlands areas involving the regions of Mbeya, Njombe, Iringa, and Ruvuma.
The region is very highly recognized for the production of the popular Hass avocados variety which is an organic type. Tanz trust with agribusiness local partner, are working closely with the government and have potential lands available up to 10,000 acres of arable land which is suitable for avocado production.
Despite opportunities for avocado farming, there is also a need to plan to process and package avocado according to international standards. There are a vast of opportunities of working together in avocado production, packaging, and exportation. Our Agribusiness local partner is one of the companies engaged in the avocado sector, together we are looking for serious strategic partners to work together to conquer the export demand and open opportunities for local farmers to get reliable markets for avocados produced from Tanzania.
- Agriculture employs about 67 % of the employed population and remains central to Tanzania’s industrialization as it provides markets for industrial products and raw materials for industries
- Tanzania has the 2nd largest livestock population in Africa.
- Less than 1% of all meat is processed locally, at the same time vast quantities of processed meat are imported
- The area of freshwater cover is estimated at 54,337 sq. km., which is about 6.1 % of the total country’s surface area
- The country has a Territorial Sea of 64,000 sq. km., an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covering an area of about 223,000 sq. km and 1,424 km coastline along the Indian Ocean
- Tanzania produces about 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar annually, (2014/2015 figures) leaving a demand gap of about 220,000 tonnes to be met through imports. The sugar supply gap is set to increase at an estimated 6% per annum from the current 300,000 tons/year
- There are 4 existing estates in Tanzania, producing a total of 300,000 tons of sugar per year and reaching their full capacity.
- Tanzania has among the highest average cane yields in the world, at 120 tons/ha due to good soils and climate.
- With ample rainfall and generous rivers fed by the high hinterland plateaus, Tanzania has among the best irrigation potential in the sub-region.
- Soil and topography in target sugar zones are ideal for industrial sugarcane cultivation.
- Tanzania spends more than US$ 150,000 annually to import edible oil. The lack of modern mechanical extraction equipment and ineffective way to increase productivity in agriculture has situated Tanzania to rely on imported edible oil.
- Tanzania has sunflower, cotton, groundnuts, soya beans, and palm, which, with increased production, and productivity can be used to anchor a competitive edible oil industry in the country and regional market.
Source: Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)
