African Agriculture and Food Systems
Practical value-chain guide covering Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia: how to choose a site, manage root rot, reach export grade and read the economics of…
A Tanzania–Angola agreement to join two railways would put the Southern Highlands on a coast-to-coast freight route. Kilimokwanza analysis shows the prize for agriculture…
A Floor, Not a Fixed Price: COPRA's Irene Mlola Explains How Tanzania's New Avocado Trading System Will Work The avocado floor price protects farmers…
"We Will Compete on Quality, Not Just Volume": Chongolo Sets Tanzania's Avocado Agenda With avocado exports already past their 2030 target, the Minister for…
Kilimokwanza Reporter | 8 October 2026 The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has opened a Member Satisfaction Survey and a Farmers’ Needs Assessment, calling…
Exports of 52,000 tonnes have overtaken a target that was not due until 2030.
Arusha, Tanzania — For three days 8–10 November 2026, the world’s fresh produce trade will look to Tanzania. HortiLogistica Africa 2026, the continent’s first…
Dar es Salaam, 3 September 2026 — For years, Tanzania’s agricultural story has followed a familiar script: rich soils, generous rainfall, hardworking farmers —…
Avocado Farm-Gate Prices Steady; Aggregation Premiums Strengthen at 200 TZS/kg ASTA Weekly Pricing Report — Week 30, 2026 Tanzania’s avocado market held firm during…
By Sifa Lubasi, Dodoma An Israeli agriculture and agribusiness expert, Oran Reuveni, has said that avocado and mango farming in the country must adopt…
Irene Madeje Mlola, the banker turned regulator making 120-plus Tanzanian crops commercial. The first in Kilimokwanza Women of Change.
Future Fields: Kenya’s Agriculture at the Crossroads of Climate, Capital and Code — Kilimokwanza KILIMOKWANZA Agriculture First · Agribusiness, Policy & the Land in…
A historic breakfast meeting in Dar es Salaam on May 9, 2026, marked the beginning of Tanzania’s boldest export transformation in a generation. With…
DAR ES SALAAM — The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has announced a new market opportunity for avocado farmers in the Njombe region, with…
SAGCOT Corridor avocado pioneer reveals Chinese buyers are ready as export license approval is pending Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2026 — As Tanzania’s…
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.…
Kilimokwanza.org | Strategic Feature · AGCOT Corridor · April 2026 AGCOT in Review · Ten-Year Public Investment Analysis · Corridor Progress Report Tanzania Built…
April 2026 In the highland slopes of Rungwe, where mist still clings to the volcanic ridges at sunrise and orchards roll deep into the…
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…
By Kilimokwanza If Tanzania’s vegetable farming is dominated by a small number of crops, its fruit farming is dominated by a single one. The…
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…