By Hussein Bashe, Minister of Agriculture, Tanzania In Tanzania, the common bean plays a key role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as a food and nutrition security crop and a source of income. It is the leading legume crop, accounting for 78% of the land area cultivated with legumes. Tanzania produces an estimated 1.2 million tons of beans…
*Adoption of climate-smart seed technologies, fertilizers and capacity building to increase production, trade By AJM Muchoki Tanzania is committed to supporting and driving efforts to build food security, transform food systems, and create a sustainable, profitable, and productive agricultural ecosystem, per the 12th AGRF SUMMIT DECLARATION. Vice President Dr Philip Mpango represented President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the Summit,…
By AJM Muchoki At the 12th AGRF SUMMIT’s Agribusiness Dealroom, Tanzania Investment Centre presented tremendous opportunities in sunflower (edible oil), dairy, horticulture and aquaculture sub-sectors. The myriad opportunities under Tanzania Agro-industries Development Flagship (TAIDF) also came under the spotlight. Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr Ashatu Kijaji described one of the critical benefits of AGRF as the opportunity for…
By AJM Muchoki Tanzania produces an estimated 1.2 million tons of common beans annually, making the country the top bean producer in Africa and seventh globally, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Hon Hussein Bashe. “Close to 6 million households in rural Tanzania depend on beans for their daily food, with per capita bean consumption estimated at 20 kg…
DECLARATION at the 12th AGRF SUMMIT DECLARATION at the 12th AGRF SUMMIT Kigali, Rwanda | 9 September 2022 We, the 6,467 participants of the Twelfth AGRF Summit came together in Kigali, Rwanda, from 5 to 9 September 2022 to commit to actions and support for the theme: Grow, Nourish and Reward – Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems. We…
Tanzania VICE President Dr Philip Mpango has said Phase VI Government aims to develop the farming sector, increase production and woo more youth and women to the sector. Dr Mpango made the remarks yesterday when he met with and held discussions with the Chairman of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), who is also former Ethiopia Prime…
Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems Kigali: Friday September 9, 2022 – AGRA yesterday launched its new five-year strategy that helps governments tackle hunger and enhance nutrition by building resilient food systems. The need for this support is powerfully highlighted by a decade of multiple natural and manmade crises. To help articulate the evolved emphasis of the strategy, AGRA today…
Generation Africa awards US$100,000 to two young agripreneurs from Kenya and Uganda in the fourth annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition at the African Green Revolution Forum Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. Kigali, Rwanda – After impressive on-stage pitches to an expert panel of judges earlier this week, Esther Kimani founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologies in Kenya and Mark Musinguzi founder of…
Tanzania’s FY 2022/2023 budget has allocated Shs 420 billion (USD 181 million) for the construction of irrigation schemes infrastructure, about an 805 per cent increase compared with the Sh46.5 billion (USD 20 million) set aside in FY 2021/2022. By Anthony Muchoki As food systems and transformation stakeholders gather in Kigali, Rwanda, for the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) –…
Women agripreneurs from the Gambia, Rwanda, Benin and Nigeria receive US85,000 in grants at the annual Women Agripreneur of the Year Awards 2022 Kigali: September 7, 2022 – AGRA, the African alliance for inclusive agricultural transformation, today announced the winners of the 2022 Women Agripreneur of the Year Award 2022 (WAYA) at the AGRF summit held in Kigali,…