Farm For the Future, operating from Ilula in Iringa and backed by Norwegian agricultural equipment manufacturers Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group, has launched a formal buy-or-lease offering of modern farm machinery targeting smallholder farmers, AMCOS, and agro-dealers across Tanzania.
A Tanzanian agricultural enterprise based in Ilula, Iringa has positioned itself as the country’s newest dedicated mechanisation hub, offering a catalogue of Norwegian and European farm equipment available for outright purchase or lease, with farmer training included.
Farm For the Future, known by its initials FFF, is working in partnership with Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group, two established names in European agricultural equipment manufacturing, to make modern farming machinery accessible to Tanzanian smallholders, farmer cooperative unions, and agro-dealers. The company’s product range covers farm preparation, potato farming, and stone removal, and is priced in Tanzanian shillings.
The company describes its model as integrated, combining equipment supply with access to financing through banks, collaboration with AMCOS cooperative unions, and linkages with government and agricultural support organisations. It also provides farmer training on the proper use of equipment, seeds, and fertilisers.
Farm Preparation: Breaking Ground at Scale
The catalogue opens with two farm preparation implements from Kverneland, a brand with decades of presence in precision tillage equipment.
The Kverneland Mini Ripper Model CLG, available in three, four, and five-tine configurations, is designed for breaking compacted soils, deep ripping, and loosening hardpan layers. It works at depths of 20 to 45 centimetres and achieves up to two hectares per hour depending on soil conditions. It requires a tractor of at least 70 horsepower and is equipped with the Kverneland non-stop auto reset system, which allows tines to automatically trip over buried rocks and reset without stopping the tractor. FFF prices the three-tine model at TZS 15,000,000, the four-tine at TZS 16,200,000, and the five-tine at TZS 17,400,000.
The Kverneland Disc Harrow Model Qualidisc 1118 L handles secondary tillage: mixing soil with organic material, cutting and burying weeds, and producing the finely tilled seedbed that high-yield crop establishment requires. It is compatible with tractors of 50 to 80 horsepower and is priced at TZS 19,300,000.
Potato Equipment: Planting and Harvesting Mechanised
Two implements from Underhaug AS address the potato value chain specifically, a relevant focus given Tanzania’s growing seed potato sector and the Iringa and Njombe highlands’ role as a primary production zone.
The Underhaug Potato Planter performs precision potato planting with a capacity of up to 1.5 hectares, or 3.75 acres, per day. It ensures uniform spacing, reduces seed wastage, and delivers the consistent row geometry that enables mechanised harvesting. It is priced at TZS 13,800,000.
The Underhaug Potato Harvester handles potato lifting, separation, and harvesting at a rate of 0.25 to 1.0 acre per hour. For farmers currently relying entirely on manual harvesting, this represents a significant reduction in both labour cost and harvest losses, two factors that have historically depressed the economics of potato farming for smallholders. It is priced at TZS 19,000,000.
Stone Removal: Solving a Problem Highland Farmers Know Well
Three stone removal implements address one of the most persistent and underappreciated constraints on highland farming in Tanzania. Rocky soils in the Iringa, Njombe, and Kilimanjaro highlands reduce planting efficiency, damage implements, and create the uneven seedbeds that suppress yields, particularly for mechanised potato production.
The Stone Rake 44400 (Rear-Mounted) from Underhaug AS covers a four-metre working width and is designed for lighter stone raking duties. It operates with lower fuel and power demand than larger alternatives, making it accessible to a wider range of tractor sizes. It is priced at TZS 45,000,000.
The Stone Rake GRSK 600 (Front-Mounted) from Underhaug AS steps up to a six-metre working width and is suited to larger fields and heavier stone burdens. It is priced at TZS 77,000,000.
At the top of the stone removal range is the Stone Collector SB 1600-33 from Underhaug AS, which moves beyond raking into full collection: stones are gathered and deposited into a 3,400-kilogram capacity container for removal from the field. This is the implement for fields that have never been fully cleared, where stones are dense enough to cause consistent implement damage and planting delays. It is priced at TZS 103,600,000.
The Buy-or-Lease Model
The offering is structured as a buy-or-lease catalogue, with FFF facilitating access to bank financing for farmers who cannot purchase outright. The lease option is designed to make equipment accessible to smallholders and cooperative groups who need the productivity benefits of mechanisation but cannot mobilise the full capital required for purchase.
FFF’s collaboration with AMCOS farmer cooperative unions is notable in this context. Cooperative structures allow groups of smallholders to access equipment collectively, spreading the capital cost and ensuring that expensive machinery is used across a wider area during each season. This cooperative equipment access model has been demonstrated in several East African contexts to be more effective than individual purchase for smallholder mechanisation.
Training as Part of the Package
FFF explicitly includes farmer training in its model, covering the proper use of agricultural equipment alongside guidance on seeds and fertilisers. This is a practical recognition that equipment access without operational knowledge produces poor returns. An improperly calibrated planter, a ripper run at the wrong depth, or a harvester operated outside its design parameters can underperform relative to manual methods. Training closes this gap.
The integration of equipment supply, financing access, and agronomic training within a single enterprise offering represents the kind of end-to-end smallholder support model that development programmes in Tanzania have been advocating for years. Farm For the Future is attempting to deliver it commercially.
Company Background and Location
Farm For the Future began in seed maize, seed potatoes, and macadamia nut production before expanding into its current agro-dealer and mechanisation hub role. It is based at Ilula in the Iringa Region, a location that places it within reach of some of Tanzania’s most productive highland farming areas, including the Ihemi Cluster, which covers Iringa and Njombe.
Its partnerships with Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group give it access to equipment that is well established in European potato and arable farming systems. Both brands are known for build quality and durability, attributes that matter considerably in the Tanzanian context, where after-sales service and spare parts availability have historically been barriers to mechanisation adoption.
Quick Reference: FFF Equipment Catalogue
Kverneland Mini Ripper CLG (3 tines): TZS 15,000,000
Kverneland Mini Ripper CLG (4 tines): TZS 16,200,000
Kverneland Mini Ripper CLG (5 tines): TZS 17,400,000
Kverneland Disc Harrow Qualidisc 1118 L: TZS 19,300,000
Underhaug Potato Planter: TZS 13,800,000
Underhaug Potato Harvester: TZS 19,000,000
Underhaug Stone Rake 44400 (Rear-Mounted): TZS 45,000,000
Underhaug Stone Rake GRSK 600 (Front-Mounted): TZS 77,000,000
Underhaug Stone Collector SB 1600-33: TZS 103,600,000
Contact Farm For the Future:
Website: www.ffftanzania.com
Phone: +255 629 587 064
Email: info@ffftanzania.com
Location: Ilula, Iringa, Tanzania
This product news article is based on the Farm For the Future agro-dealer equipment catalogue. Farm For the Future is a Tanzanian agricultural enterprise operating in partnership with Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group. Kilimokwanza.org carries this announcement as a public service to the farming and agribusiness community. For commercial enquiries contact FFF directly.
