African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Anthony Muchoki ARUSHA, Tanzania — The pursuit of a green revolution in Tanzania’s agriculture sector is already showing promise, as local companies have begun to engage in agribusiness in earnest. Notably, some of these companies have ventured into producing quality seeds for maize, sorghum, and sunflower. Large-scale seed farming presents opportunities for more farmers […]
The Release of the SAGCOT Investment Blueprint Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — September 2022 In the heart of East Africa, a quiet revolution has been unfolding across the vast and fertile landscapes of southern Tanzania. A decade ago, in the wake of mounting food insecurity, rural poverty, and underutilized agricultural land, the Government of Tanzania […]
Press release issued by BRiTEN Dar es Salaam, 7 November 2012 Agro dealers are a critical link in the agricultural input distribution chain; moreover, they play an important role in supporting the smallholder farmer to commercialize. Agro dealers are located nearer the farmer and provide a range of goods and services. Agrodealer Associations serve as […]
Your Excellency Dr. Kofi Annan, Chairman of the African Green Revolution Alliance (AGRA); Your Excellency Dr. Eng. Gervais Rufyikiri, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi; Your Excellency Ambassador Seif Iddi, Second Vice President of Zanzibar; Honorable Ministers; Distinguished members of the diplomatic Corps; Invited Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; It gives me great pleasure […]
African Green Revolution Forum to convene global and international leaders Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (23 August 2012) – The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and Former United Nations Secretary-General and Board Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Kofi Annan, today announced that Tanzania will […]
Tanzania, a country endowed with large tracts of arable land, has the potential to feed the whole of Africa, according to the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). AGRA Director of Communications Sylvia Mwichuli said yesterday that Tanzania’s potentiality in agriculture lies with the empowerment of smallholder farmer to transform their activities into profitable […]
Dar es Salaam; 12th December 2012Tanzania’s horticultural industry investments and development facesmultifaceted challenges that need to be urgently addressed throughpublic private partnership for best solutions as matter of necessity.Participants at a horticulture stakeholders’ incentive meeting held inDar es Salaam ( 7th December 2012) noted that inadequate supportpolicies and regulatory framework exacerbated by poor infrastructureand insufficient […]
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 […]