African Agriculture and Food Systems
Practical value-chain guide covering Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia: how to choose a site, manage root rot, reach export grade and read the economics of…
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…
Seed Takes Centre Stage as Africa Hosts the World Potato Congress for the First Time Day One of the 13th World Potato Congress in…
Potato Council of Tanzania and National Potato Council of Kenya to formalise cooperation on technology, standards, trade and capacity building on 28 October in…
"We Will Compete on Quality, Not Just Volume": Chongolo Sets Tanzania's Avocado Agenda With avocado exports already past their 2030 target, the Minister for…
Kilimokwanza Reporter | 8 October 2026 The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has opened a Member Satisfaction Survey and a Farmers’ Needs Assessment, calling…
Exports of 52,000 tonnes have overtaken a target that was not due until 2030.
AGCOT Centre evidence review finds record production of 10.9 million tonnes but thin, highly yield-sensitive margins per hectare, and sets out six Entry Point…
For nearly a quarter of a century, the Tanzania Seed Trade Association’s Executive Director has argued that food security starts in the seed -and…
a $570 million horticulture sector - TAHA's Dr. Jacqueline Mkindi says the target is $2 billion. Here's what stands between the two, and why…
The countdown has begun. In 49 days, TGT Grounds in Ngaramtoni, Arusha, will open its gates to HortiLogistica Africa 2026, a five-day gathering that…
Arusha, Tanzania — For three days 8–10 November 2026, the world’s fresh produce trade will look to Tanzania. HortiLogistica Africa 2026, the continent’s first…
Nairobi/Nyandarua/Machakos, Kenya — September 2026 In the misty rows of Kinangop, a labourer bends over trellised vines at dawn, snapping off pale-green snow pea…
Before Tanzania can build an export industry around shokishoki, it helps to know exactly what the fruit is, where it came from, and why…
A little-known fruit traded informally between Zanzibar and the mainland is now the subject of a serious commercial assessment — one that maps a…
Dar es Salaam, 3 September 2026 — For years, Tanzania’s agricultural story has followed a familiar script: rich soils, generous rainfall, hardworking farmers —…
Tanzania Takes Its US$100 Billion Agriculture Case to Kigali à
From The EDITOR: When the 9th Africa Agri Expo and the 3rd Future Food, Livestock and Poultry Expo (FLIP) open their doors on 2nd…
Tanzania’s ambition to become a competitive agricultural powerhouse will depend not only on how much the country produces, but increasingly on how well it…
Morogoro, On the third day of Nane Nane (Agricultural Show 88), held at the Julius Kambarage Nyerere Grounds in Morogoro, the AGCOT-coordinated Tea Board…
Tanzania’s Annual Agricultural Showcase Becomes the Nation’s Blueprint for Inclusive Growth, Agribusiness Transformation, and Food Systems Resilience From 1–8 August 2026, Tanzania’s seven agricultural…
FROM IMPORT DEPENDENCE TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EXPORTS DODOMA The inaugural panel discussion of the Edible Oil Industry Investment Forum has charted a pathway to…