Throughout the history of Tanzania, agriculture has been considered the back bone of its economy. Its contribution to the export earnings has been sizable. Its role in ensuring domestic food security has always been very important. Even more importantly, it employs more than 70% of the population, most ofthem living in rural areas where poverty is pervasive. Thus, it makes sense to say that any measures that address poverty are likely to succeed if they target bottlenecks existing in the agriculture sector.