Opportunities For Value Addition

The vast opportunity in agriculture, tourism and light industries available in Zanzibar will help to boost poverty reduction and brings sustainable development of the nation. However, the weak entrepreneurship culture, investment and institutional imperfections along the value chain and supply chain to prevent farmers and other actors in the chain to add value to their products and identifying business opportunities. Options to consider collective action for the farmer as a strategy toward reaching strong production and the higher market is discussed, which would facilitate farmer to meet the demand of the Institutional consumer by importing young live goats and fattening them, before selling to the retailer or direct to Institutional consumer in order to produce quality meat.