African Agriculture and Food Systems
Ifakara, Kilombero District22 September 2026 In the fertile plains of the Kilombero Valley — where sugarcane, rice, and horticultural crops fuel Tanzania’s agricultural growth…
MOUNTAIN VIEW & SEATTLE — September 18 — Google and the Gates Foundation have announced an expanded multi-year initiative to bring advanced artificial intelligence…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Before Tanzania can build an export industry around shokishoki, it helps to know exactly what the fruit is, where it came from, and why…
A little-known fruit traded informally between Zanzibar and the mainland is now the subject of a serious commercial assessment — one that maps a…
A History of the Ol Kalou Salient Settlement Scheme, Nyandarua County Kilimokwanza Feature Desk Nyandarua, Kenya — On the high volcanic plateau west of…
Since 2003, African governments have made the same promise three times. In Maputo, in Malabo, and now in Kampala, heads of state have pledged…
Kigali, Rwanda, 4 September 2026 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new methodology on 4 September 2026, at…
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…
SAGCOT and the Paper Trail —How Tanzania's Flagship Agriculture Programme Kept Leaning on One Corridor — Until It Became the Plan
Dar es Salaam — At the 10th Africa Agri Expo and 3rd Future Food, Livestock and Poultry Expo, AGCOT Centre’s Tullah Mloge argued that…
Taveta, Kenya — A newly released report from the Kanani Farmers Self-Help Group has laid bare the scale of the drainage crisis facing the…
Hegemony, Harmonisation and Seed Sovereignty — Kilimokwanza.org Kilimokwanza.org Research report, incorporating findings from ESAFF’s regional archive Hegemony, Harmonisation and Seed Sovereignty Inside the EAC’s…
Dar es Salaam, 3 September 2026 — For years, Tanzania’s agricultural story has followed a familiar script: rich soils, generous rainfall, hardworking farmers —…
Tanzania Takes Its US$100 Billion Agriculture Case to Kigali à
Dodoma, 27 August 2026 — The Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB) hosted leaders of the Tanzania Society of Animal Production (TSAP) at the Board’s headquarters…
Rukwa, August 2026 For the first time in Tanzania’s history, a consignment of white maize has changed hands not at a roadside depot or…
From The EDITOR: When the 9th Africa Agri Expo and the 3rd Future Food, Livestock and Poultry Expo (FLIP) open their doors on 2nd…
More than 5,000 leaders, six former presidents and one sitting head of state converge on Rwanda this September, as the continent asks whether two…
11 July 1939 – 26 August 1999 Today marks twenty-seven years since the death of Mwalimu Charles Mwangi Muchoki, a teacher, public servant, and…