African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Kilimokwanza.org Team · Dodoma — 22 May 2026 DODOMA — As this article goes to press, something unusual is unfolding on the floor…
A Kilimokwanza analysis of the 2026/27 budget estimates There is a number buried in the 2026/27 budget speech of the Ministry of Industry and…
A historic breakfast meeting in Dar es Salaam on May 9, 2026, marked the beginning of Tanzania’s boldest export transformation in a generation. With…
New global brief warns that failure to engage young people in farming threatens food security, economic growth, and climate resilience Dar es Salaam —…
From Construction to Cultivation: What East African Farmers Can Learn from Tanzania’s Self-Made Business Icon | Kilimokwanza A Kilimokwanza Special Feature From Construction to…
Dar es Salaam, 15th May 2026 — Geoffrey Kirenga, Chief Executive Officer of Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) Centre Ltd, will address Tanzania’s…
A strategic analysis of production, processing power, varietal sovereignty and East Africa’s emerging share Compiled April/May 2026 Anthony Muchoki Executive Summary The world…
**Dar es Salaam, Tanzania** — In a breakfast meeting that could reshape Tanzania’s agricultural export trajectory, government officials and business leaders gathered at Johari…
DAR ES SALAAM — The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has announced a new market opportunity for avocado farmers in the Njombe region, with…
SAGCOT Corridor avocado pioneer reveals Chinese buyers are ready as export license approval is pending Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2026 — As Tanzania’s…
Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2026 — The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in partnership with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China,…
The Irish potato is East Africa’s third most important food crop, after maize and bananas. Yet smallholder yields stagnate at 7–10 tonnes per hectare…
The award-winning tree-to-bar brand expands international distribution, proving Tanzanian agricultural products can compete—and win—on global premium markets Kilimokwanza Special Report | May 1, 2026…
The fourteen-year experiment that mobilised $6.34 billion and reached a million farmers is now the template for nationwide commercialisation Kilimokwanza Special Report When President…
For 25 years, Kaizirege Camara has kept bees and built a business around the hive. Today he exports Tanzanian honey, rice, flour, and beans…
“Chipsi mayai, chips mishkaki, chips kuku, chips mwitu, bajias, viazi karai, mukimo, atakilt wat — one tuber, a continent of flavours.” A Comprehensive Socio-Economic…
Kilimokwanza.org | Strategic Feature · AGCOT Corridor · April 2026 AGCOT in Review · Ten-Year Public Investment Analysis · Corridor Progress Report Tanzania Built…
From cotton to cardamom, from sunflower to cocoa, from apples to avocado — the Ministry of Agriculture’s 2026/27 budget speech is, on close reading,…
A Dutch-funded agroforestry project in rural Morogoro is showing how nature-based agriculture, farmer training, and market linkage can work together, one seedling at a…
A career scientist’s 12-year journey to give Kenya’s most popular potato variety a fighting chance against its deadliest enemy Kilimokwanza.org TIGONI, Limuru — In…
What started as a southern pilot is now a four-corridor national framework. The FY 2026/2027 Hotuba confirms what AGCOT stakeholders have been working toward…
In June 2025, Kenya cut its agriculture sector budget. So did Uganda. Ethiopia’s allocation has remained flat at roughly 0.3% of GDP for years.…
April 2026 In the highland slopes of Rungwe, where mist still clings to the volcanic ridges at sunrise and orchards roll deep into the…
How AGCOT’s Corridor Development Framework Positions Tanzania as a Regional Agricultural Transformation Hub Tanzania has a $1 trillion aspiration and 25 years to realise…