Kilimo Kwanza
African Agriculture and Food Systems
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From Seed Potatoes to Soybean Feed: Inside the Dutch–AGCOT Partnership Reshaping Tanzania’s Farms
DAR ES SALAAM, 30 September 2026 — When potato farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands planted recycled seed, they harvested fewer than 8 tonnes a hectare. Today, with certified…
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Tanzania has a maize surplus. Now it must solve farmers’ income
AGCOT Centre evidence review finds record production of 10.9 million tonnes but thin, highly yield-sensitive margins per hectare, and sets out six Entry Point Projects for Government, the…
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Cattle, Crops and Credit: What Tanzania’s New Movable Property Law Means for Farmers
Livestock, harvests, machinery and unpaid invoices can now support formal loans under a law passed by Parliament in Dodoma. Whether farmers actually benefit depends on what happens next.…
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Nane Nane 2026 Special Supplement · Kilimokwanza.org
Nane Nane 2026 AGCOT Special Supplement
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Who Pays for the Data That Feeds Us? New Paper Makes the Business Case for Private Investment in Food Security Data
As donor-funded agricultural data systems shrink, a Chicago Council on Global Affairs white paper argues that agribusinesses, insurers and lenders must step in, and that farmers who supply…
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Every Kilo Imported Is a Job Exported: Bob Shuma’s Long Campaign to Bring Tanzania’s Seed Home
For nearly a quarter of a century, the Tanzania Seed Trade Association’s Executive Director has argued that food security starts in the seed -and that the country’s long…
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Kilombero Valley: District Commissioner Elevates Agrochemical Waste Management to a Public Safety Priority
Ifakara, Kilombero District22 September 2026 In the fertile plains of the Kilombero Valley — where sugarcane, rice, and horticultural crops fuel Tanzania’s agricultural growth — an invisible ecological…
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Google and Gates Foundation Commit $100 Million to Scale AI for 200 Million Smallholder Farmers
MOUNTAIN VIEW & SEATTLE — September 18 — Google and the Gates Foundation have announced an expanded multi-year initiative to bring advanced artificial intelligence tools to 200 million…
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The Trillion-Dollar Mistake Africa Keeps Making: Lessons From Nigeria’s Lithium Rush
Nigerian industrialist Dr. Caesar Iyayi’s breakdown of the lithium value chain isn’t just a warning for Nigeria — it’s a mirror held up to how the whole continent…
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A Look at Tanzania’s 210 Vegetable Crops – and the $2 Billion Question Ahead of HortiLogistica Africa 2026
a $570 million horticulture sector - TAHA's Dr. Jacqueline Mkindi says the target is $2 billion. Here's what stands between the two, and why HortiLogistica Africa 2026 matters.
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49 Days to HortiLogistica Africa 2026: Arusha Prepares to Host East Africa’s Biggest Horticulture and Logistics Showcase
The countdown has begun. In 49 days, TGT Grounds in Ngaramtoni, Arusha, will open its gates to HortiLogistica Africa 2026, a five-day gathering that brings horticulture and logistics…
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Focus on HortiLogistica Africa 2026: How TAHA and the Government of Tanzania Are Building a Global Stage for Africa’s Fresh Produce – and Strengthening Horticulture at Home
Arusha, Tanzania — For three days 8–10 November 2026, the world’s fresh produce trade will look to Tanzania. HortiLogistica Africa 2026, the continent’s first pan-African trade exhibition and…
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Two Kenyas, One Pod: How Peas Are Quietly Reshaping Farming From the Highlands to the Drylands
Nairobi/Nyandarua/Machakos, Kenya — September 2026 In the misty rows of Kinangop, a labourer bends over trellised vines at dawn, snapping off pale-green snow pea pods bound for a…
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What Is Rambutan? A Field Guide to the Fruit Tanzanians Call Shokishoki
Before Tanzania can build an export industry around shokishoki, it helps to know exactly what the fruit is, where it came from, and why it already grows on…
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Shokishoki Rising: Inside Tanzania’s Quiet Bet on Rambutan as a New Export Frontier
A little-known fruit traded informally between Zanzibar and the mainland is now the subject of a serious commercial assessment — one that maps a possible new export industry…
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The Cold Plateau: How Ol Kalou’s Frost Defeated Maize and Built a Pyrethrum Economy
A History of the Ol Kalou Salient Settlement Scheme, Nyandarua County Kilimokwanza Feature Desk Nyandarua, Kenya — On the high volcanic plateau west of the Aberdare Ranges, dawn…
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Mauritania Pilot Shows Agrifood Spending Already Tops 17 Percent of the Budget — Once Water and Conservation Are Counted
Kigali, Rwanda / Nouakchott, Mauritania A new FAO methodology launched on 4 September 2026 at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Kigali shows that Mauritania has, for…
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New FAO Framework Shows Uganda’s Real Agrifood Spending Is Nearly Triple the Official Agriculture Budget
Kigali, Rwanda / Kampala, Uganda Uganda’s public spending on agriculture alone has long sat below the African Union’s 10 percent target — but a new FAO methodology launched…
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EDITORIAL: Africa Has Argued About Agriculture Spending for 22 Years. A New FAO Tool Finally Asks the Right Question.
Since 2003, African governments have made the same promise three times. In Maputo, in Malabo, and now in Kampala, heads of state have pledged to put at least…
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FAO Launches New Tool in Kigali to Track How Africa Spends on Food and Agriculture
Kigali, Rwanda, 4 September 2026 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new methodology on 4 September 2026, at a side event of…
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Tanzania’s Quiet Race for Seed Sovereignty -and Why a Plant in Arusha Is a Milestone, Not Just a Ribbon-Cutting
For years, the arithmetic of Tanzania’s seed supply has worked against its own farmers: more than half of the certified seed planted every season has had to be…
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From Boilerplate to Blueprint: The SAGCOT Paper Trail
SAGCOT and the Paper Trail —How Tanzania's Flagship Agriculture Programme Kept Leaning on One Corridor — Until It Became the Plan