African Agriculture and Food Systems
A practical guide for farmers, multipliers and extension officers in East Africa to the eight planting-material options for Irish potato, from tissue culture to…
A Tanzania–Angola agreement to join two railways would put the Southern Highlands on a coast-to-coast freight route. Kilimokwanza analysis shows the prize for agriculture…
Rice husks, maize cobs, cotton stalks and coffee pulp have long been burned or left to rot. Researchers, regulators and entrepreneurs now see them…
Ifakara, Kilombero District22 September 2026 In the fertile plains of the Kilombero Valley — where sugarcane, rice, and horticultural crops fuel Tanzania’s agricultural growth…
Morogoro, On the fourth day of a week-long training programme running from 2 to 7 August 2026 at the Tea Board pavilion during Nane…
How Geophrey Tenganamba turned a childhood of “guesswork agronomy” in rural Tanzania into one of Africa’s most decorated soil-intelligence ventures — and what its…
For decades, Tanzanian farmers applied fertilizer largely on instinct and inheritance. The Hotuba describes a quiet shift: soil intelligence is becoming infrastructure. Most farmers…
Tanzania’s digital input subsidy system — built on the e-Kilimo platform and integrated with ten government databases — is the architecture that moved input…
Five years ago, Tanzania produced 32,239 tons of fertilizer locally. In 2025/2026, it produced 123,203 tons. The country is still a net importer, but…
222,014 tons of cotton produced in 2025/26. The target was 400,000. The gap is real — and the recovery plan is concrete: a Simiyu…
Subsidies, soil scans, cooperative records, market prices, lab results, weather data, identity verification, payment processing — all of it now flows through one integrated…
Five years into President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration, Tanzania’s agriculture sector tells a story almost entirely in numbers — and the numbers are unusually…
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 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…
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…
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…
THE GROUND THAT FEEDS THE WORLD CANNOT FEED ITSELF By Anthony Muchoki | March 2026 Based on the author’s analysis: Africa Fertilizer Production &…
“Malawi is hurting. The signs are everywhere—empty granaries, mothers skipping meals so their children can eat, and markets where the price of maize, our…
By Adeline Ndesanjo, CEO, Synergy Africa Limited A Historic Turning Point: Tanzania’s Bold Declaration of Agricultural Sovereignty The commissioning of the ITRACOM Fertilizer Factory…
DODOMA, Tanzania – June 27, 2025 – A new fertilizer plant, ITRACOM, is set to be officially launched tomorrow, June 28, 2025, in the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – June 24, 2025 – Tanzania and the Russian Federation are exploring extensive collaborations in the agricultural sector, following bilateral…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – June 25, 2025 – In a significant move to bolster agricultural productivity and support farmers nationwide, the Tanzania Fertilizer…