MKINGA, March 23 -- FOR years, seaweed farmers along the shores of Mkinga relied on the sun, the tides and patience, often watching part of their harvest spoil before it could reach the market. Today, that story is beginning to change.

In Boma and Moa villages, the hum of modern drying and grinding machines now signals a new chapter, one defined by efficiency, value addition and renewed hope for better incomes.

“We expect to reduce post-harvest losses and add value by producing various products from seaweed,” said leader of the seaweed farming groups, Ms Mwanamvua Ali.

“What used to take days now takes just four hours. We can dry four tonnes of seaweed at once. This is a big liberation,” she added.

The two, all...