African Agriculture and Food Systems
A landmark legal guide published in 2016 set the foundation for sweeping reforms in Tanzania’s seed sector. From corporate licensing to farmer variety recognition,…
When the farmer behind the “300 kilos per tree” claim invites you into his orchard, the grass on the ground turns out to be…
It began with a cardboard box, a Finnish potato enthusiast, and a small Tanzanian company knocking on cold doors in the Netherlands. A decade…
A horticulture farmer in Kibiti built something unusual — a quarterly gathering of professionals willing to sleep in tents, eat buffet meals, and reimagine…
The Netherlands-headquartered World Agriculture Forum has named twenty Country Directors across Africa, Asia, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas. The appointments mark the operational…
It began, as many revolutions do, with something ordinary. Praxeda Melkior, co-founder of Migeto Farm in Kilosa district, had planted lemongrass — mchai chai…
A new partnership between an aviation company and a crop protection body signals Kenya’s serious pivot toward precision farming — and raises the question…
Seven research briefs from the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition paint a detailed and troubling picture: nearly all women surveyed consume…
A humble tuber grown in the mists of the Southern Highlands is quietly transforming the fortunes of thousands of Tanzanian families. With the founding…
Ihemi Cluster · Iringa & Njombe · March 2026 Khalid Mgaramo:How public–private trustis actually built By Kilimokwanza Correspondent Ihemi Cluster Field Report · March…
Unlocking Economic Transformation through Strategic Cluster Development Positioning Tanzania’s Phased SAGCOT Clusters Within National Development Priorities and Flagship Programs Fourth Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP…
Farm For the Future, operating from Ilula in Iringa and backed by Norwegian agricultural equipment manufacturers Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group, has launched a…
A landmark CGIAR evaluation published in July 2025, covering 2,611 households across 33 villages in five districts, has produced the most granular picture yet…
KILIMOKWANZA SPECIAL SERIES: ON AGCOT • WHAT TRANSFORMATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE Eighteen portraits from Tanzania’s agricultural corridor • Batch 1: The Farmers • kilimokwanza.org…
A review of the Hand in Hand Initiative’s Financial & Economic Analysis of the Soybean Value Chain in Tanzania Tanzania’s agricultural sector is sitting…
The International Finance Corporation has released what it describes as a first-of-its-kind framework to guide investments in regenerative farming — a move that could…
IN MEMORIAM — AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE The Scientist Who Fed Two Million Farmers The life, research, and enduring legacy of Dr. Dadili Japhet Majune, Head…
From the cool slopes of Iringa, a quiet revolution in goat milk production is taking shape, and smallholder farmers are at the centre of…
*FYDP IV signals a bold new era for agro-industrial transformation, and points directly to where the next phase of corridor development needs to happen*…
Feature Story | Brand Heritage Juma Msafiri: Tanzania Brand History Is One of the Most Underreported Subjects in This Country The corporate decisions. The…
A World Bank initiative targets the overlooked engine of agricultural transformation — the small agro-processor There is a paradox at the heart of African…
2026 · January – March · Ten Stories from Tanzania’s Agricultural Corridors Each story follows the Change Template: WHO describes the person or enterprise…
| March 2026 Source data: Tanzania Dairy Board — Viwanda TDB 2025 (tdb.go.tz) Read the recent media coverage of Tanzania’s dairy industry and you…
KILIMO KINABENKIKA: How Tanzania’s Agricultural Development Bank Rewrote the Rules of Rural Finance | Kilimo Kwanza Kilimo Kwanza Agriculture · Development · Transformation Special…