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The scheme's managers therefore began to focus attention on the more fertile regions in the west and south of Tanganyika, but the development of both was proving painfully slow. In the south, not only was a whole new railway line needed, but a deep-water port had to be constructed from scratch at Mtwara .
Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 until 1961. It was initially administered under a military occupation regime.
The Southern Province Railway was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge rail network in Tanzania, which was operated only for a few years in the middle of the 20th Century.
However, inadequate research and adverse environmental conditions due to poor planning resulted in the complete and disastrous failure of the scheme. In this region, the exported crop was to go through the port of Mtwara. This port was created for the scheme; it was linked to the growing areas near Nachingwea by a new railway.
The city is spread out over a large area planned to accommodate up to 200,000 people. The present population is around 141,000. As part of the development associated with the failed Tanganyika groundnut scheme, Mtwara features a deep-water port that can accommodate ocean-going vessels, and a range of large municipal buildings, including a post ...
Reading the two "Groundnut Scheme" articles, this one is by far the most complete and correct, although both pages fail utterly to even mention the town of Mtwara which was to have been the principal export facility, and was the administrative and commercial base for most of the scheme. BTW, my father was one of the Shell sales reps in the area ...
Cashew nuts have been grown on a commercial scale in the country since the 1950s. Due to developing infrastructure and lack of jobs in the southern region, cashew cultivation was highly favored. The zone was also previously used as part of the failed Tanganyika Groundnut scheme. The industry's production peaked in 1973, when the total output ...
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