Tanzania, Aug. 4 -- Mbeya. Mpanda District Council in Katavi Region plans to include groundnuts in the warehouse receipt system next farming season to boost crop prices, protect farmers from middlemen, and add value through local processing.

Speaking on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at the Southern Highlands Nane Nane Agricultural Exhibition in Mbeya, council's head of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, Mr Gwalusajo Kapande, said enrolling groundnuts into the system will guarantee market certainty and crop security.

He explained that because groundnuts were excluded from the warehouse system for long periods, unscrupulous traders exploited farmers by setting prices arbitrarily, despite groundnuts being a strategic commercial crop in the d...