EARNINGS from cashew nut sales in the four southern regions of Lindi, Mtwara, Ruvuma and Coast in the just ended season have clocked over a trillion shillings.
Acting director of the Cashew nut Board
of Tanzania (CBT), Hassan Jarufu said at the weekend that several cashew
nut auctions within FY 2017/2018 had clocked a record 1.08trl/-. Prime
Minister Kassim Majaliwa has underlined that the people within Lindi
region, in particular, were a representative sample of all other
regions, especially on the cashew nut plant, saying they stood ‘to mint’
real money from it.
Speaking at a ceremony to herald New
Year, Mr Majaliwa urged the area residents to tap the opportunities that
still await further exploitation. The PM gave ten million seedlings to
Ruangwa residents within Lindi region, over the theme:“Cashew nut is the
green gold, let’s preserve and conserve it.’’
The PM urged youth to work on the
opportunities that the crop holds, stressing that they all “stand to
benefit from new business opportunities.” “The world’s demand for cashew
nut is gigantic … it’s consumed in hotels, airplanes and the price
remains very high,’’ he said.
Mr Majaliwa believes that every youth
who dares can exploit the potential to great advantage, arguing each one
of them “can do it” further ‘coaching’ the youth that an acre needs
just 37 to 40 seedlings – and challenged them to “grab these
opportunities.”
Mr Majaliwa who was on his ‘year-end’
vacation in his native Lindi Region took time to offer a lesson in
cashew economy, telling the youth the crop was good at conserving the
environment. Mr Majaliwa who also doubles as Ruangwa MP said he had
started to distribute free seedlings to his constituents, and that other
districts would soon follow.
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