Cloves prices today - Zanzibar cloves production 2015 : Cloves prices today an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Badru Kombo, said crop production for the past 40 years has been falling due to various reasons including climate change, poor farms handling, price and age.
However, a Woody Biomass Survey 2013 shows that Zanzibar Island had over 4.1million of clove trees. Earlier, ZSTC Managing Director, Mwanahija Almas Ali, urged farmers to adhere to standards that would enable the crop to fetch high prices at the world market.
However, a Woody Biomass Survey 2013 shows that Zanzibar Island had over 4.1million of clove trees. Earlier, ZSTC Managing Director, Mwanahija Almas Ali, urged farmers to adhere to standards that would enable the crop to fetch high prices at the world market.
She said Zanzibar is well known in cloves production but more efforts are needed to make it sustainable.
According to ZSTC since 2011/12 cloves production has been increasing at an average of 3,910 tonnes annually. Simultaneously prices have risen to 180 percent.
The corporation supports farmers by providing incentive schemes and packages to improve farm husbandry and managements. In 2012, 500,000 new clove seedlings were distributed to farmers while in 2013/14, the number doubled to 1,000,000.
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