The roles and functions of the Rice Council of Tanzania are:-
- Represent the private sector in the rice industry
- Work closely with the GoT and dev. partners to improve the rice sub-sector
- Advocate for favorable business environment for Tanzania rice industry
- Play consultative, coordinating, and supportive role to the rice industry stakeholders
- Aid the rice industry to address current and emerging opportunities, issues, and challenges
- Enhance technical and business advice and services for improving value of rice and allied products produced
- Facilitate access to real-time and accurate information, data
- Take cross-industry thinking, performance and growth to another level, through capacity building
- Forge partnerships and collaborative arrangement