African Agriculture and Food Systems
NAIVASHA, Kenya, 27 October 2026 — Tanzania’s potato farmers will keep working hard and going nowhere unless they abandon old habits for certified seed…
Since 2003, African governments have made the same promise three times. In Maputo, in Malabo, and now in Kampala, heads of state have pledged…
DODOMA · CLOSING DAY RETROSPECTIVE · 8 AUGUST 2026 Dodoma, 8 August 2026 — On the final day of this year’s Nane Nane celebrations…
NAIVASHA, KENYA — Along the volcanic landscapes of the Great Rift Valley, the cool morning mist rising from Lake Naivasha carries an unmistakable sense…
After Years of Frustration, Ruvuma's Real World Locks In Its Soya Supply has…
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Irene Madeje Mlola, the banker turned regulator making 120-plus Tanzanian crops commercial. The first in Kilimokwanza Women of Change.
Low Capital, High Impact For Kenya’s Emerging Manufacturers Kenya spends over KES 500 billion annually importing products that can be made locally with simple…
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The Irish potato is East Africa’s third most important food crop, after maize and bananas. Yet smallholder yields stagnate at 7–10 tonnes per hectare…
By Kilimokwanza Tanzania’s agricultural export performance has been one of the sector’s genuine success stories in recent years. The value of export crops nearly…
By Elizabeth Shumbusho Agriculture feeds Tanzania. And Tanzania’s youth — statistically — feed agriculture. Young people aged 15 to 35 make up 62.4 percent…
By Charles Mwangi Tanzania achieved food self-sufficiency in 2025. It is a milestone worth celebrating — the country now produces enough food to feed…
By Kilimokwanza Thirty-five grams. That is roughly a quarter of a small mango. Half an orange. Two modest slices of papaya. It is the…
By Elizabeth Shumbusho In 2010, Tanzania launched an ambitious experiment. The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania — SAGCOT — set out to bring…
By Kilimokwanza Mama Amina wakes before dawn to prepare breakfast for her family before the long walk to the shamba. She has never felt…
By Kilimokwanza There is a convenient assumption buried in conversations about vegetable production and nutrition in Africa: that more vegetables, grown by more farmers,…
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…
By Kilimokwanza Arusha and Kilimanjaro sit beside each other on the map, share a climate zone shaped by Mount Kilimanjaro, and are often grouped…
By Kilimokwanza Walk into a kitchen in Arusha or Kilimanjaro and you are likely to encounter African eggplant. Known locally as nyanya chungu, or…
By Kilimokwanza Amaranth, known in Kiswahili as mchicha, is one of the most nutritionally dense leafy vegetables grown in East Africa. Rich in iron,…
By Kilimokwanza On a typical vegetable farm in Arusha or Kilimanjaro, tomatoes occupy a special place. They are grown on nearly half the plot…
By Kilimokwanza Correspondent The question of why so few Tanzanians eat enough fruit and vegetables is often framed as a market problem, a behaviour…
Government opens three strategic planning tracks with February 2026 submission window Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s National Planning Commission (NPC) has announced an extension…
Kilimokwanza.org editorial response to “Resurrecting a presumed ghost: the challenges and revival of the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania in a changing political…