Tanzania’s rewarding push for sugar self-sufficiency
2026/27 production season at Ruembe Mill (K2) reaffirms commitment to working closely with valued cane growers and stakeholders to continue delivering Bwana Sukari to communities and beyond.
Massive factory expansion and rising domestic production propelled by conservation efforts are pushing Tanzania toward sugar self-sufficiency.
The green sugar belt of Kilombero is a landscape under enormous pressure — and one where, over the past decade, a coalition of farmers, a sugar company, government agencies, and conservation practitioners has demonstrated that agricultural intensification, habitat protection, and equitable economic growth are not mutually exclusive.
