African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Anthony Muchoki Simplified science and technology applications in agriculture are changing smallholder farmers lives for the better in many places across Africa. They range from ensuring healthy…
By combining the latest crop models and local expertise in Vietnam, Uganda and Nicaragua, scientists developed a process to pinpoint where cash crops and food security is most…
Kigoma: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has commended the Government of Tanzania’s effort to uplift smallholder farmers in Kigoma Region. Mr. Donald Mizambwa, Associate…
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris Agreement emissions targets are met. Projections show parts of Europe, Africa, the Americas…
Kigoma, Tanzania; Do you like roasted or grilled maize? For this seed variety, it is not for you. The taste is not good at all. This is according…
Mr. Linus Dominico, a resident of Nyakitonto Village in Kasulu District, who cultivates cassava, is experiencing bumper harvest, he has never seen in his lifetime. Mr. Suleiman…
“There is no meaningful poverty alleviation effort without addressing agriculture and its challenges.” These are words by Kigoma Urban MP Zitto Kabwe, which smallholder farmers, who are the…
Study shows how crowdsourced citizen science can improve and accelerate crop variety recommendations In the context of rapidly evolving climate conditions, a new study by the CGIAR Research…
Dar es Salaam. It started just as a simple horticulture cargo handling some nine years back but TAHAFresh is today celebrating being one of the reputable logistics service…
The Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) started this petition to THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE and 2 others For the benefit of over 130 million small-scale farmers…
NACHINGWEA: 22:7:2019 MKUU wa mkoa wa Lindi, Godfrey Zambi amewataka wadau wa elimu mkoani humo kusaidia mahitaji ya kambi za ‘mada tata’ kusaidia juhudi za serikali kuinua elimu…
HORTICULTURE Flower industry targets 650,000 jobs in 5 yrs Over one million Tanzanians would directly work in the horticulture industry by 2020 when the global demand for the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT Centre Ltd) has released its 2017 Annual Report, revealing significant strides in agricultural development and economic…
By Angel Navuri Tanzania’s president, H.E. John Pombe Magufuli is pushing the country to manufacturing and agro-processing. For Augusta Madembwe a farmer based in Ikuna, Njombe district, Iringa…
By Angel Navuri After college education, not many young people in Tanzania would willingly chose to be farmers as a career choice due to the doggy peasantry tag…
MBARALI 8.7.2018 JANUARI mwaka huu Mwekezaji katika lilkilokuwa shamba la Shirika la kilimo na chakula nchini (NAFCO) kampuni ya kilimo cha mpunga cha Kapunga, aliridhia hekta 1,870 za…
By Anthony Muchoki “For years we have been told that hand hoe belongs to the museum yet, it’s what most of our people use… I never thought in…
By Angel Navuri Iringa Region in Southern Highlands of Tanzania can easily provide all the potato needs for East Africa and a large part of Africa, if its…
By Anthony Muchoki Meru Agro-Tours & Consultants Co. Ltd (MATC) or simply Meru Agro has become a household name in all breadbaskets of Tanzania in the last 5…
By Anthony Muchoki What does Dr. Kiddo Mtunda, Dr Tulole Bucheyeki and Dr. Arnold Mushongi have in common? Each one of them today, is a head of leading…
*Tanzania set to become no 1 producer in Africa * East Africa’s most political crop By Anthony Muchoki East African Community (EAC) maize powerhouse, Tanzania has managed to…
*Model rural village By Anthony Muchoki Tandai Village in Morogoro Rural District is a good case study of a successful rural based farming economy that has led to…