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A large proportion of the Zanzibar export earnings come from cloves. The greatest concentration of clove trees is found on Pemba, as growing conditions here are superior to those on Unguja Island.

During the clove blooming season, visitors are welcomed by the scents of cloves or “marashi ya karafuu” and the songs of honeybees looking for nectar. Because of higher rainfall it receives annually and the dense clove plantations, Pemba is always green, Ms Mgeni Khamis Kombo, from Pemba Press Club sheds light on the clove farming and the welfare of its farmers.