Mdoe, Ntengua S.Y.Mlay, Glead I.2022-10-262022-10-262021978-1-78118-792-0http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4736Working PaperRice is increasingly becoming a commercial crop, providing food, employment, and income for people in both rural and urban areas. This paper presents the political economy of rice commercialisation in Tanzania. It is based on a review of trade policies, regulations, strategies, and programmes implemented since the 1960s to promote rice commercialisation, and the views of key informants. The transformation of rice from a subsistence to a commercial crop has attracted several actors, including producers, processors, traders, input suppliers, and service providers. The actors operate at different scales with different interests and holding power.enAgricultural commercialisationPolitical economyValue ChainsWorking Paper