Kagera Region's Sugarcane Production Increase to 300,000 Tonnes for 2026/27
Habari mpya za kilimo Tanzania · maelezo ya Kagera Region's Sugarcane Production Increase to 300,00… · masasisho 2026 · imesasishwa 6 Aug 2026 · habari za kilimo · wakulima · mazao
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- Missenyi District Cooperative Development Officer, Gaspar Emmanuel said sugarcane out-growers earned about 18bn/- after supplying 241,000 tonnes during the 2025/26 season, which ended on April 30.
- The region now plans to increase production to 300,000 tonnes in the 2026/27 season.
- By April this year, domestic production had reached 410,979 tonnes against an estimated annual demand of about 550,000 tonnes.
- Speaking during the opening of the Nane Nane 2026 exhibitions at Kayailabwa Grounds in Bukoba on Monday, Bukoba District Commissioner Mr Erasto Sima said the country’s long-term development ambitions will depend on.
- Tanzania has seven sugar factories with a combined annual production capacity of about 800,000 tonnes.