President John Magufuli Saturday sacked the Agriculture and Trade ministers and disbanded the Cashewnut Board of Tanzania (CBT) as his government grapples with how to safeguard farmers from unsustainably low prices.
The President Saturday also inspected 75 army trucks with a capacity to carry 1,500 tonnes to be deployed to cashewnut growing areas should traders miss a Monday deadline to buy the produce at the government-ordered price of Tsh3,000 ($1.31) per kilogramme.
