@article{Simpson:179582,
      recid = {179582},
      author = {Simpson, John Y. and Cheong, Qing Yang},
      title = {Commercial Agricultural Production in Tanzania:  Mountainside Farms Limited},
      journal = {International Food and Agribusiness Management Review},
      address = {2014-07-01},
      number = {1030-2016-83006},
      series = {Volume 17},
      pages = {6},
      month = {Jul},
      year = {2014},
      note = {The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food  and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete  library visit: www.ifama.org},
      abstract = {Mountainside Farms Limited (“MFL”) is one of the largest  commercial cereal farming operations in Tanzania. Based on  the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, MFL owns approximately  9,500 contiguous acres (3,845 ha) of which 6,350 acres is  under cultivation between wheat and malting barley, with  the remaining land used for sheep rearing, indigenous  forest and infrastructure. MFL is a strategic supplier of  malting barley to Tanzania Breweries Limited (“TBL”), part  of the SABMiller plc group, supplying up to 30% of the  brewer’s locally sourced Barley. Started in 2000 by  Managing Director Luke Edwards, the key to the company’s  success has been its scalable management platform –  allowing significant production volume to be achieved in a  region where average farm sizes are typically 1-3ha. This  management platform is a combination of both commercial  production systems (classically seen in developed  agricultural markets such as Australia and the US) –  allowing external institutional capital to be invested, and  of local Tanzanian agricultural practices (a significant  employment and training program is undertaken by the  company), allowing MFL to operate successfully with local  communities and stakeholders. The company is now looking at  further investment opportunities to capitalize on the  management platform they have built; options considered by  the company’s board of directors include diversification on  MFL’s land on Kilimanjaro by planting avocados to feed into  a local pack-house that exports to supermarkets in Europe  and starting an out-grower barley program in other areas of  Tanzania also suited to Barley production.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/179582},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.179582},
}