With eight years left to 2030, bold actions are required for Africa to feed herself
By H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn Promising progress is being made in Africa’s agricultural transformation. On my recent mission to Malawi, I witnessed the plans to...
Farmers in Makete District Encouraged to Test Soil Health to Boost Agricultural Production
Farmers in Makete District are advised to test the health of the soil in their farms to increase productivity in various crop farming, including corn,...
Nane Nane fair: Agricultural mission to Southern Tanzania
The first week of August is all about agriculture in Tanzania. From August 1st onwards, agricultural fairs are organized all over the country, culminating in...
Samia launches fertiliser subsidy programme
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has launched a fertiliser subsidy programme to start 2022/23 season. A bag of DAP that was sold for Sh131,675 will now...
AGRA’s Women Agripreneurs Top 15 , shortlisted from 1478 applicants from 38 African countries
The selected Top applicants are from nine African countries: Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The applicants were selected from a...
Kenya: Largest market for Tanzania & Uganda smallholder maize farmers – What about Kenya’s small-scale farmers?
The pulse of the East African Community (EAC) economy is agriculture for the majority population. There is a huge race moving away from subsistence agriculture...
Tanzania: Feed the Future combats poverty by improving productivity of small farms
USAID While Tanzania’s economy has steadily grown over the past decade, over 49 percent of Tanzania’s population lives on less than $1.90 a day (World...
The 2021 ‘Economic Impact Assessment of TBL’ by Ernst & Young put the gross value added by TBL to the Tanzanian economy at slightly above Tsh1 trillion
By Millicent Mwololo Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) marked its 89th anniversary with its head high up, having been recognised as the largest taxpayer in the...
Tanzania: Crop aggregation, bulking, and trading are potential opportunities for women and youth
By Maliki Muunguja, for The https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/ Dar es Salaam. Maize, sunflower, and pulses are significant crops in Tanzania’s food production industry. Empowering women and youth are...
Rikolto:Eating fresh fruits and vegetables therefore – often unknowingly – exposes people to over 200 diseases
We all enjoy a delicious meal, but is our food also safe for consumption? It can be unsafe due to hidden biological or chemical matter hidden. From...