DODOMA, June 25 -- MORE than three million improved coffee seedlings have been distributed in Kilimanjaro Region to help reverse falling coffee production and improve farmers incomes.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture David Silinde told the National Assembly yesterday that annual coffee production in the region has fallen from 25,000 tonnes to about 4,000 tonnes of clean coffee, prompting a series of interventions to restore output.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture David Silinde told the National Assembly yesterday that the revitalisation programme is aimed at boosting productivity, improving quality and increasing farmers incomes from the crop.

Responding to a basic question from Enock Koola (Vunjo, CCM), who sought to know the governmen...