African Agriculture and Food Systems
Drought-tolerant beans. Heat-resistant cassava. Sorghum bred for marginal rainfall. The FY 2026/27 Hotuba reports the release of 54 new climate-resilient varieties — and names…
For decades, agricultural extension in Tanzania has been distributed across district councils, commodity boards, NGOs and private providers. NAESA pulls them together. The launch…
For decades, Tanzanian farmers applied fertilizer largely on instinct and inheritance. The Hotuba describes a quiet shift: soil intelligence is becoming infrastructure. Most farmers…
Tanzania’s digital input subsidy system — built on the e-Kilimo platform and integrated with ten government databases — is the architecture that moved input…
From 30,167 tons to 54,750 tons of improved seed produced inside Tanzania. From 44,581 tons to 79,214 tons of improved seed available to farmers.…
Five years ago, Tanzania produced 32,239 tons of fertilizer locally. In 2025/2026, it produced 123,203 tons. The country is still a net importer, but…
201,354 tons of avocado produced. 37,871 tons exported, 94.7% of target. 8 collection centres at 20% completion in Mbeya. 12 contracted across 4 regions.…
How Local Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Tanzania’s Cocoa Value Chain Through Homegrown Chocolate Brands Dar es Salaam — While Tanzania has long been recognized as a…
Fruits 8.05 million tons. Vegetables 1.63 million tons. Spices 95,458 tons. Total horticulture production at 108.68% of plan, with 33.9% growth over five years.…
Coffee at 88% of target, sugar at 59%, tobacco at 93%. Three crops with similar histories, very different current trajectories — and three distinct…
617,684 tons of raw cashew produced in 2025/26. The target was 700,000. Most cashew belts are within striking distance of full delivery. Behind the…
222,014 tons of cotton produced in 2025/26. The target was 400,000. The gap is real — and the recovery plan is concrete: a Simiyu…
After two decades of decline, the cooperative movement is back at the centre of Tanzania’s agricultural story — with 3.36 million members, integrated digital…
Without certified seeds, accredited plant-health testing, validated tissue culture and reliable soil analysis, none of the headline targets in the Hotuba are reachable. The…
Subsidies, soil scans, cooperative records, market prices, lab results, weather data, identity verification, payment processing — all of it now flows through one integrated…
From Kasumulu to Tunduma to Sirari, Tanzania’s agricultural exports cross at a handful of land borders that have, until recently, been operating well below…
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…
Beyond the FY 2026/2027 numbers, the Hotuba sets out the destination Tanzania’s agriculture sector is meant to reach by 2030. Six targets stand out.…
Five years into President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration, Tanzania’s agriculture sector tells a story almost entirely in numbers — and the numbers are unusually…
The FY 2026/2027 ask of Tsh 1.106 trillion is slightly smaller than this year’s. Read closely, the shape of the spending tells a sharper…
352 youth trained in sisal value addition — 305 of them women. 100 cashew-shelling machines for 2,800 youth and women in the cashew belt.…
For 25 years, Kaizirege Camara has kept bees and built a business around the hive. Today he exports Tanzanian honey, rice, flour, and beans…
1,250 sets of pumps, generators and pipes are being distributed to smallholder farmers in seven regions. 250 are deployed; 1,000 more are queued. When…
“Chipsi mayai, chips mishkaki, chips kuku, chips mwitu, bajias, viazi karai, mukimo, atakilt wat — one tuber, a continent of flavours.” A Comprehensive Socio-Economic…