At the start of the Millennium Tanzania’s government passed new foreign investment legislation that for the first time in over 30 years allowed for private investors to take on long-term leases of the coffee lands. That allowed for much-needed cash injections which helped push massive replanting of the old estates and this has turned Tanzania into one of only a handful of producing countries in the world which has been able to boost production. Tanzania’s best harvest in decades was registered in the 2008-09 cycle which produced about 1.15 million bags, while production in the last few years has averaged around 900,000 bags.
My name is Maja and I’m a Danish born woman crazy beyond passionate about everything coffee. I have written about all aspects of coffee for over 25 years from 60 coffee producing countries across the world.
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