ENHANCING TANZANIA’S COMPETITIVENESS AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN SEAWEED

In addition to providing the platform for enhancing the capacities of seaweed primary producers by exposing them to innovative and effective technologies, some of the successes driving the ZaSCI is the cordial relationship between the farmers and scientists towards removing the barriers of superiority attitude and information asymmetry between the cluster actors. [...] In view of this, and over the years, there exists relevant coastal and marine resources management policies, legislation and regulations that are applicable to the seaweed industry in Zanzibar.15 One of the most recent and relevant policies is the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar Fisheries Policy (see the Box 13 below). [...] One of the objectives of the Fisheries Policy is to promote the development of sustainable aquaculture and seaweed in Zanzibar towards contributing to socio- economic development of the coastal population. [...] fishermen and tourism investors), the lack of basic farm inputs to enhance the production of seaweed, and the lack of knowledge on the competitive price of seaweed in the global market. [...] The selected value chains have not responded competitively to global production and market changes characterized by lowering of the costs of ICTs, fragmentation of production, trade liberalization and erosion of trade preferences, increasing concentration of lead firms (buyers and traders) in the end markets, and increasing mechanization and use of inputs (improved varieties and fertilizers) to in.