Seeds and Agriculture Research Processes in Tanzania: The case of small scale farmers’ participation in setting research agenda 0 A Scoping Study report on Seeds and Agriculture Research Processes in Tanzania: The case of small scale farmers’ participation in setting research agenda Supported under the EU funded INSARD project Conducted by ESAFF May, 2013 DISCLAIMER ‘This document has been…
United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Directorate of Research and Training The Northern Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute (NZARDI) Farmers’ Assessment of sorghum varieties in Central Tanzania in 2013 cropping season By: P. Sulumo and F. Mgonja May 2013 Selian Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) P.O. Box 6024 Arusha Tanzania Farmers Assessment of sorghum…
Transforming Tanzania’s Agrarian Sector through Maize Breeding By: Arnold A Mushongi (PhD), National Maize Breeder, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Uyole P. O. Box 400 Mbeya Tanzania February 29th 2012 i Table of contents Background …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Importance of maize in Tanzania……………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Advantage of use of improved cultivars ………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Constraints to maize production in Tanzania …………………………………………………………………………………..2 Disparity between actual…
Investment BlueprintSouthern Agricultural GrowthCorridor of TanzaniaThis initiative is supported by the World Economic ForumKilimo Kwanza Growth Corridors Executive Committee• Government of Tanzania• Unilever• Yara International• Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT)• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)• Confederation of Tanzanian Industries (CTI)• Tanzania Sugarcane Growers Association• United States Agency for International Development(USAID)• Irish Embassy –TanzaniaKilimo Kwanza Growth Corridors…
CISLAC’s POSITION PAPER FOR AGRA’S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK SESSION SEPTEMBER 2011, ACCRA, GHANA By: Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) CISLAC, No. 7, Mahathma Gandhi Street, Off Shehu Shagari Way, By Bulet Garden, Asokoro, Abuja. Email: cislacnationalassembly@yahoo.com, info@cislacnigeria.org Website: www.cislacnigeria.org GSM: +234-(0)8033844646, 07034118266 1.0 STATE OF AGRICULTURE AT CONTINENTAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS 1.1 …
Tanzania – Why a Potential Food Exporter is Still Importing Food* Denise Wolter Tanzania could be a major food-exporting country but currently struggles to meet its own food requirements due to low productivity and the predominance of subsistence farming. To achieve the transformation of agriculture, the business environment in general and for agriculture in particular has to…
Changing the Way Cotton is Produced and Marketed in Tanzania A Case Study on Contract Farming COTTON AND TEXTILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CTDP) Changing the Way Cotton is Produced and Marketed in Tanzania A Case Study on Contract Farming April 2010 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary. 3 II. Overview of the Tanzanian Cotton Industry. 5 2.1. Production Volume…
A Case Study on Contract Farming COTTON AND TEXTILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CTDP) Changing the Way Cotton is Produced and Marketed in Tanzania A Case Study on Contract Farming April 2010 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary. 3 II. Overview of the Tanzanian Cotton Industry. 5 2.1. Production Volume and Area. 5 2.2. Brief history of the industry structure….
Position Paper: Key Agriculture Inputs to the Draft Zanzibar National Land Policy __________________________________________________________________________________ “Effective Land Policy and Land Laws: A Stimulus for Agricultural Productivity” Prepared by: Organic Farming Association (OFA/UHAI Kwerekwe P.O. Box 2386, Zanzibar +255 7772 404470 E-mail: uhaznz@hotmail.com July 2013 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1.1 The Problem Land is critical to the economic, social, and…
