The Tale of Two Tubers: How Markies and Shangi Are Reshaping Kenya’s Potato Future
By Elizabeth Wanjiku In Kenya’s highlands, where potatoes rival maize as the second-most important staple, two varieties dominate the conversation—and the market. One is a...
A Tribute to Dr. Lusike Wasilwa: A Life of Scientific Leadership and Agricultural Transformation in Kenya
Kilimokwanza.org Correspodent The world of agricultural science mourns the loss of one of its most formidable figures, Dr. Lusike Wasilwa, who passed away on September...
Kilimokwanza: Soil Health as the Bedrock of Food Security in the EAC
How the EAC can close the soil–food security gap with track-specific policy, AgriTech, and scalable soil stewardship. The East African Community (EAC) stands at a...
Tanzanian Soil Scientists to Convene for Key Strategic Meeting
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Soil scientists from across Tanzania are invited to a crucial virtual meeting on Monday, September 22, 2025, to discuss the...
Powering Tanzania’s Agribusiness: PASS at 25 and the Future of Value Chains
Dar es Salaam – When the Private Agricultural Sector Support Trust (PASS) opened its doors in 2000, few could have imagined the scale of transformation...
The Corridors of Power: Inside Tanzania’s Audacious Plan to Remake Itself Through the Soil
Kilimokwanza Correspondent The air at Mtwara Port, thick with the salt of the Indian Ocean and the sweet, earthy scent of raw cashew nuts, tells...
Ethiopia’s Feathered Economy: How Women’s Backyard Chickens Underpin Rural Livelihoods and Reveal a Hidden Economic Truth
The Unseen Economic Engine By Kilimokwanza.org Reporter In a small village in Ethiopia’s Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), a woman named Abeba begins...