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Expanding, diversifying, and integrating the economic base of Mbeya District is particularly important because of an increase in crop production. Investments in the development of the rich natural resources are critical in the effort to alleviate poverty and improve the quality of life.

 

The following sections briefly note the investment opportunities in the processing of fruits, Cultivation of cash crops through irrigation system for crops like coffee, sunflowers and pyrethrum and storage, grading, packaging of food crops and vegetables, and in ecotourism that investors could consider to undertake in Mbeya District.

 

Mbeya District has considerable natural resources that would benefit from investment. Good climate, fertile soil and hard working people make the area very productive in food and cash crops. An improvement in infrastructure is also one of the factors that make an increasing in connection to internal and external markets. However, the transportation of perishable vegetables and fruits hamper economic and social gains that would alleviate poverty and improve livelihood. Investments in cultivation of cash crops, processing of fruits and storage for buffer stock purpose, grading, mining, socio economic infrastructure, packaging of food crops industrial and manufacturing have good economic potentials. 

Rich natural resources of the District, especially the scenic mountains and the forests provide useful investment potentials in ecotourism. Non-consumptive economic activities will also consolidate conservation in an area renowned internationally for its’ ecological diversity and many endemic species.

The District is keen to assist potential investors and adheres to the national policies, management procedures, and legal framework on investments. Interested people and investors are mostly welcomed to visit and hold discussions about the potential economic opportunities in the district.