African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Kilimokwanza Walk into a kitchen in Arusha or Kilimanjaro and you are likely to encounter African eggplant. Known locally as nyanya chungu, or bitter tomato, it appears…
A humble tuber grown in the mists of the Southern Highlands is quietly transforming the fortunes of thousands of Tanzanian families. With the founding of the Potato Council…
By Kilimokwanza Amaranth, known in Kiswahili as mchicha, is one of the most nutritionally dense leafy vegetables grown in East Africa. Rich in iron, calcium, protein, and vitamins…
By Kilimokwanza On a typical vegetable farm in Arusha or Kilimanjaro, tomatoes occupy a special place. They are grown on nearly half the plot dedicated to them, almost…
By Kilimokwanza Correspondent The question of why so few Tanzanians eat enough fruit and vegetables is often framed as a market problem, a behaviour problem, or an affordability…
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…
Unlocking Economic Transformation through Strategic Cluster Development Positioning Tanzania’s Phased SAGCOT Clusters Within National Development Priorities and Flagship Programs Fourth Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP IV) | Agricultural Sector…
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…