African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Maliki Muunguja, for The https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/ Dar es Salaam. Maize, sunflower, and pulses are significant crops in Tanzania’s food production industry. Empowering women and youth are crucial for unlocking productivity potential in the value chains. Barriers to women and youth participation in the three value chains do exist as farming businesses are dominated by men in […]
Kilimokwanza.org: Celebrating Africa’s Food Systems Champions ahead of the Africa Food Systems 2023 Summit (Sept 5-8, 2023) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, hosted by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan. Share your stories with us at editor@kilimokwanza.org. Together, let’s inspire change.
As fertilizer costs rise, it is high time to promote the availability and increased use of quality organic alternatives. To help meet this challenge, on June 2, 2022, AGRA handed over guidelines for the production and distribution of organic fertilizers to Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). The guidelines were developed by AGRA, […]
Hassan Al Jabry The global surge in food prices is making headlines, and Africa, particularly Tanzania, might hold a solution. “It’s time for Africa! The Land of Mother Nature Wonders,” states Hassan Aljabri. He advocates for increased investment in Tanzanian agriculture, given the significant potential it holds in addressing the world’s growing food security challenges. […]
Safe Food Systems By Kilimokwanza.org reporter “I am a very ordinary Tanzanian!” That is how Ms Joyce Donati Kimaro, co-founder and Managing Director of Joydons (T) Limited, describes herself, looking up in the blue azure skies of Bagamoyo, the historic seaport of eastern Tanzania. But for those who have seen her actualizing her dream, she […]
The Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Hon. Mashimba Ndaki, has said that the upcoming construction of the fishing port in Kilwa District, Lindi Region, will spur the growth of the blue economy and subsequently increase the national income. Ndaki made the remarks during a brief signing ceremony of the construction agreement between the government and […]
The arrival of a tractor in the small farming community of Luhindo in Tanzania’s Kilolo district feels to local residents like “a revolution” according to local farmer, Chesko Mdeko. Three years ago, Mdeko purchased a tractor from one of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s (AGRA) partners, the equipment dealer ETC Agro, with financing from a […]
MAPUTO, Mozambique: May 31, 2022 – Former Tanzania President and Board member of AGRA, H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, has just completed a week-long tour of Mozambique. He met with the country’s President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and other leaders for high-level discussions on the state of the agriculture sector in the country. The visit was planned to […]
AGRA and Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office, signed an MoU for further partnership in Davos The organizations will leverage their success from a previous partnership starting 2019, and which led to the development of the AgriBot DAVOS, Switzerland: May 24, 2022 – AGRA and leading technology provider Microsoft, have announced expanding their partnership to […]
This year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting takes place during one of the most challenging years the world has seen for a long time. The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and an impending global food crisis are reversing decades of progress. As in most times of crisis, the most vulnerable people are bearing the […]