African Agriculture and Food Systems
AfricaBlight's launch, new seed technologies and a Tanzania–Kenya agreement put practical cooperation at the centre of the Naivasha gathering.
The Kilimokwanza Seed Series is now complete: 18 Issues covering seed and planting-material systems for crops across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, released…
Practical value-chain guide covering Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia: how to choose a site, manage root rot, reach export grade and read the economics of…
A practical guide for farmers, multipliers and extension officers in East Africa to the eight planting-material options for Irish potato, from tissue culture to…
A Tanzania–Angola agreement to join two railways would put the Southern Highlands on a coast-to-coast freight route. Kilimokwanza analysis shows the prize for agriculture…
NAIVASHA, Kenya, 27 October 2026 — Tanzania’s potato farmers will keep working hard and going nowhere unless they abandon old habits for certified seed…
Seed Takes Centre Stage as Africa Hosts the World Potato Congress for the First Time Day One of the 13th World Potato Congress in…
Potato Council of Tanzania and National Potato Council of Kenya to formalise cooperation on technology, standards, trade and capacity building on 28 October in…
World Potato Congress Opens in Naivasha: Africa Takes the Global Potato Stage | Kilimokwanza.org Kilimokwanza.org Events · Potato Value Chain 13th World Potato Congress…
SAGCOT Corridor Rice Compact Supplement · Kilimokwanza.org ☰ Contents Kilimokwanza.org · SAGCOT Corridor Rice Compact Special Supplement The Partnerships, Investment and People Shaping Tanzania’s…
LABEL RESPONSIBILITY, NOT TOOLS World Food Day, 16 October 2026 On World Food Day, 16 October 2026, an agricultural organisation published a poster celebrating…
A Floor, Not a Fixed Price: COPRA's Irene Mlola Explains How Tanzania's New Avocado Trading System Will Work The avocado floor price protects farmers…
"We Will Compete on Quality, Not Just Volume": Chongolo Sets Tanzania's Avocado Agenda With avocado exports already past their 2030 target, the Minister for…
Kilimokwanza Reporter | 8 October 2026 The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has opened a Member Satisfaction Survey and a Farmers’ Needs Assessment, calling…
Exports of 52,000 tonnes have overtaken a target that was not due until 2030.
Rice husks, maize cobs, cotton stalks and coffee pulp have long been burned or left to rot. Researchers, regulators and entrepreneurs now see them…
DAR ES SALAAM, 30 September 2026 — When potato farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands planted recycled seed, they harvested fewer than 8 tonnes a…