Abstract
This paper examines bulk purchase of coffee and cotton during the war and post- Second World War period under the long-term contract arrangements as provided under the Defence Ordinance and Orders of 1939, 1940 and 1943 as well as review of various Colonial policies, annual reports, meeting minutes, memoranda and circulars on coffee and production and marketing. Evidence for this topic have been extracted from Tanzania National Archive (TNA) primary sources. It analyses the consequences in employment of administrative machinery, such as the marketing boards, traders and co-operatives in execution the contracts agents on behalf of the British Ministry of Food and Supplies to growers.
Highlights
This paper examines bulk purchase of coffee produced by small scale native growers in Kilimanjaro and Kagera regions in Tanzania; and cotton produced by small scale native growers in the Western Cotton Growing Area (WCGA) that comprised of Mara, Mwanza, Simiyu and Shinyanga regions
Coffee marketing in Kilimanjaro is altogether neglected for example, Yoshida hardly provides a detailed account of development and that fails to justify its conclusion on Tanzania
The evidence from mentioned sources were employed provides a detailed account of agreements between with Ministry of Food and Marketing Boards traders in Tanzania from time of outbreak of Second World War to 1950s when the agreements came to an end
Summary
This paper examines bulk purchase of coffee produced by small scale native growers in Kilimanjaro and Kagera regions in Tanzania; and cotton produced by small scale native growers in the Western Cotton Growing Area (WCGA) that comprised of Mara, Mwanza, Simiyu and Shinyanga regions. For example by Yoshida,[1] and Leubuscher[2] made an attempt to compare coffee marketing in Kagera and cotton in the WCGA in relation to development in Uganda. Both they lack insignificant development in Kagera and WCGA. Ruthenberg coverage of policies is too general and lacks specificities where and why cash crop production and marketing policies were applied Authors such as Philip Curtin,[4] Owusu[5] Tosh Kelemen, Meredith and Sunderland have published their findings on cash crop production,[6] with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa but, with limited emphasis on Tanzania. Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [137-151]
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