Dar es Salaam, April 10 -- DODOMA: THE government has launched a strategy to boost the value of Tanzanian tea by promoting processed exports, empowering smallholders through cooperatives and expanding global markets.

Speaking during the Tea Board of Tanzania (TTB) Annual General Meeting in Dodoma, Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe said three of seven planned processing machines have already been procured this financial year to support tea processing, following the closure of MeTL and Marvella factories, which left many farmers without access to processors.

To assist growers in Korogwe, Mr Bashe said two machines, one for processing and one for blending, will be installed in Dindira and managed by Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Soci...