African Agriculture and Food Systems
A little-known fruit traded informally between Zanzibar and the mainland is now the subject of a serious commercial assessment — one that maps a…
A History of the Ol Kalou Salient Settlement Scheme, Nyandarua County Kilimokwanza Feature Desk Nyandarua, Kenya — On the high volcanic plateau west of…
Kigali, Rwanda / Nouakchott, Mauritania A new FAO methodology launched on 4 September 2026 at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Kigali shows…
Kigali, Rwanda / Kampala, Uganda Uganda’s public spending on agriculture alone has long sat below the African Union’s 10 percent target — but a…
Kigali, Rwanda, 4 September 2026 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new methodology on 4 September 2026, at…
For years, the arithmetic of Tanzania’s seed supply has worked against its own farmers: more than half of the certified seed planted every season…
SAGCOT and the Paper Trail —How Tanzania's Flagship Agriculture Programme Kept Leaning on One Corridor — Until It Became the Plan
Dar es Salaam — At the 10th Africa Agri Expo and 3rd Future Food, Livestock and Poultry Expo, AGCOT Centre’s Tullah Mloge argued that…
Taveta, Kenya — A newly released report from the Kanani Farmers Self-Help Group has laid bare the scale of the drainage crisis facing the…
Hegemony, Harmonisation and Seed Sovereignty — Kilimokwanza.org Kilimokwanza.org Research report, incorporating findings from ESAFF’s regional archive Hegemony, Harmonisation and Seed Sovereignty Inside the EAC’s…
Dar es Salaam, 3 September 2026 — For years, Tanzania’s agricultural story has followed a familiar script: rich soils, generous rainfall, hardworking farmers —…
Tanzania Takes Its US$100 Billion Agriculture Case to Kigali à
Dodoma, 27 August 2026 — The Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB) hosted leaders of the Tanzania Society of Animal Production (TSAP) at the Board’s headquarters…
Rukwa, August 2026 For the first time in Tanzania’s history, a consignment of white maize has changed hands not at a roadside depot or…
From The EDITOR: When the 9th Africa Agri Expo and the 3rd Future Food, Livestock and Poultry Expo (FLIP) open their doors on 2nd…
More than 5,000 leaders, six former presidents and one sitting head of state converge on Rwanda this September, as the continent asks whether two…
11 July 1939 – 26 August 1999 Today marks twenty-seven years since the death of Mwalimu Charles Mwangi Muchoki, a teacher, public servant, and…
An Industrial and Culinary Guide to Value-Added Products Derived from Irish Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum)
The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) is gearing up for its most ambitious summit yet as it celebrates two decades of driving agricultural transformation…
Tanzania’s ambition to become a competitive agricultural powerhouse will depend not only on how much the country produces, but increasingly on how well it…
How Tanzania’s premier agricultural exhibition became a turning point for market-driven farming, international capital, and the realisation of Vision 2050 August 2026 will be…
An interview with Tulla Mloge, Head of Partnerships at AGCOT Centre Limited Broadcast on AZAM TV, Habari Wikendi, 8 August 2026 On Saturday evening,…
Morogoro, On the fourth day of a week-long training programme running from 2 to 7 August 2026 at the Tea Board pavilion during Nane…
By Agricultural Correspondent In Tanzania’s fertile agricultural corridors, a quiet revolution is underway. It is being driven not only by traditional staple crops but…