African Agriculture and Food Systems
Ihemi Cluster · Iringa & Njombe · March 2026 Khalid Mgaramo:How public–private trustis actually built By Kilimokwanza Correspondent Ihemi Cluster Field Report · March 2026 Khalid Mgaramo joined…
Farm For the Future, operating from Ilula in Iringa and backed by Norwegian agricultural equipment manufacturers Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group, has launched a formal buy-or-lease offering of…
A landmark CGIAR evaluation published in July 2025, covering 2,611 households across 33 villages in five districts, has produced the most granular picture yet of what smallholder farmers…
KILIMOKWANZA SPECIAL SERIES: ON AGCOT • WHAT TRANSFORMATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE Eighteen portraits from Tanzania’s agricultural corridor • Batch 4: The AGCOT Leadership • kilimokwanza.org The Board Chairman…
KILIMOKWANZA SPECIAL SERIES: ON AGCOT • WHAT TRANSFORMATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE Eighteen portraits from Tanzania’s agricultural corridor • Batch 1: The Farmers • kilimokwanza.org The Farmer Who Is…
A review of the Hand in Hand Initiative’s Financial & Economic Analysis of the Soybean Value Chain in Tanzania Tanzania’s agricultural sector is sitting on an underexploited goldmine…
The International Finance Corporation has released what it describes as a first-of-its-kind framework to guide investments in regenerative farming — a move that could reshape how development finance…
IN MEMORIAM — AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE The Scientist Who Fed Two Million Farmers The life, research, and enduring legacy of Dr. Dadili Japhet Majune, Head of Cashew Breeding at…
From the cool slopes of Iringa, a quiet revolution in goat milk production is taking shape, and smallholder farmers are at the centre of it. MAZOMBE, KILOLO DISTRICT,…
Kasumulu, Kyela District, Mbeya Region — March 2026 By Kilimo Kwanza Correspondent At the Kasumulu one-stop border post — the southern gateway that links Mbeya to Karonga and…
*FYDP IV signals a bold new era for agro-industrial transformation, and points directly to where the next phase of corridor development needs to happen* Tanzania has released one…
Feature Story | Brand Heritage Juma Msafiri: Tanzania Brand History Is One of the Most Underreported Subjects in This Country The corporate decisions. The creative risks. The ownership…
A World Bank initiative targets the overlooked engine of agricultural transformation — the small agro-processor There is a paradox at the heart of African agriculture that this brochure…
2026 · January – March · Ten Stories from Tanzania’s Agricultural Corridors Each story follows the Change Template: WHO describes the person or enterprise at the centre of…
| March 2026 Source data: Tanzania Dairy Board — Viwanda TDB 2025 (tdb.go.tz) Read the recent media coverage of Tanzania’s dairy industry and you could be forgiven for…
KILIMO KINABENKIKA: How Tanzania’s Agricultural Development Bank Rewrote the Rules of Rural Finance | Kilimo Kwanza Kilimo Kwanza Agriculture · Development · Transformation Special Report — A Decade…
A draft framework released in March 2026 promises to unify the country’s fragmented agri-tech ecosystem. The stakes, for 7.2 million registered farmers and a sector worth 22% of…
New analysis points to billion-shilling wealth creation opportunities as Tanzania eyes expansion of its corridor agriculture model By Agricultural Development Correspondent Tanzania stands on the cusp of a…
From 200 to 100,000 Farmers — Raha Vegetable Farm’s Unstoppable Rise | Kilimo Kwanza Kilimo Kwanza Tanzania’s Agricultural News Platform Agribusiness Agribusiness Wednesday, 18 March 2026 · Morogoro,…
Kilimokwanza.org Agricultural Policy & Food Systems March 2026 News Feature · Livestock & Dairy 36 Million Cattle.Zero Dairy Self-Sufficiency. Tanzania ranks second in Africa for the size of…
Kilimokwanza.org 2026- R6 The history of Egerton University serves as a profound microcosm of the larger socio-economic and political shifts that characterized East Africa throughout the twentieth century.…
Food Systems · Hospitality · Local Sourcing From Farm to Five-Star: The Rebel Supply Chain East African chefs are bypassing the import default — building direct lines from…
Trade Policy · Food Systems · Tourism The Food Tax Tourism Trap Are EU tariff rules turning East African food souvenirs into contraband — and costing small producers…
Young agripreneurs and policymakers converge in Kigali to reimagine agriculture as a pathway to wealth, not a last resort KIGALI, Rwanda — The room at Select Boutique Hotel…