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Tanzania: Mara imports quality machines to revive coffee industry

Daily News September 02, 2012 Mara — MARA Coffee Limited in Mara Region has imported two quality coffee processing machines from Colombia and Brazil. The machines will process wet and dry Arabica coffee that is widely cultivated in several villages in Tarime District in the Lake zone, according to the company's Manager Mr Raja Sekhar. "Both machines have already arrived at the Sirari border and they will be installed at our factory by mid September. Our aim is to improve the quality of coffee and enable the farmer fetch good price," Mr Raja Sekhar said in an exclusive interview with the 'Sunday News' . "After the machines commence production, we will be the only company which can process both wet and dry coffees in Lake Zone," Mr Raja Sekhar said. The wet coffee processing machine manufactured in Colombia has the capacity to process 20 tonnes of coffee every eight hours the same as the dry coffee drying machine manufactured in Brazil.Fo...