African Agriculture and Food Systems
Ahead of the 10th Africa Agri Expo in Dar es Salaam, AGCOT chief Geoffrey Kirenga argues that Tanzania’s drive for 10% annual agricultural growth…
How to MakeCashew Apple Wine A practical production guide for East African producers. bibo — usually wasted ———> a bottled, saleable wine
Twenty Years of Structured Trade · KilimoKwanza.org KILIMOKWANZA.ORG · Agriculture First WRRB at 20 · Dodoma 2026 WRRB at 20 · Special Report Twenty…
Tanzania: A Kilimokwanza analysis of the 2026/27 budget speeches for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and Industry and Trade Read in isolation, the three ministerial…
A Kilimokwanza analysis of the 2026/27 budget estimates There is a number buried in the 2026/27 budget speech of the Ministry of Industry and…
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…
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…
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…
The fourteen-year experiment that mobilised $6.34 billion and reached a million farmers is now the template for nationwide commercialisation Kilimokwanza Special Report When President…
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.…
Tanzania’s commodity boards have hired 1,434 young agricultural graduates as field extension officers in a single year. It is the most concrete youth-employment data…
IN MEMORIAM — AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE The Scientist Who Fed Two Million Farmers The life, research, and enduring legacy of Dr. Dadili Japhet Majune, Head…
🌿 Kilimo Kwanza — Tanzania’s Agricultural Voice Field Report Home › Horticulture › Tanzania’s Mango Moment SFO On-Farm Seminar · Tomoni Farm, Kibiti · …
EXCLUSIVE • FOOD SECURITY • GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT The $100 Billion Harvest: In the largest expansion of its agricultural transformation agenda since its celebrated debut…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1st, 2026 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania Activates Northern, Central, and Mtwara Agricultural Corridors in Biggest Agri Push Since…
In Mtwara, where the Indian Ocean meets some of Africa’s richest agricultural potential, leaders from Lindi, Ruvuma, and Mtwara delivered a unified message: the…
By Anthony Muchoki February 1, 2026 In the bustling port of Mombasa, containers bearing the label ‘Made in Kenya’ have long been outnumbered by…
Section 1: The Foundations of Competitiveness: Frameworks and Metrics 1.1. Defining the Competitiveness Paradox: From Macro-Trade to Micro-Value Chains The analysis of African agricultural…
Kilimokwanza Correspondent The air at Mtwara Port, thick with the salt of the Indian Ocean and the sweet, earthy scent of raw cashew nuts,…
Dodoma, Tanzania – The Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture, under the leadership of Minister Hussein Mohamed Bashe, has presented an ambitious budget and plan for…
The transformation of SAGCOT into AGCOT, launched on April 27, 2025, and briefed to President Samia Suluhu Hassan on April 28, represents a nationwide…
April 27, 2025, Dodoma Watch the Launch– In a historic move to revolutionize Tanzania’s agricultural sector, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa today officially launched the Agricultural…
I. Executive Summary This report by kilimokwanza.org analyzes the current state of mango farming in Tanzania and evaluates its potential to become the country’s…
Agriculture is a crucial sector in Tanzania, contributing approximately 30% to the nation’s GDP and 30% of its export earnings1. In 2022, Tanzania held…