African Agriculture and Food Systems
By Elizabeth Shumbusho In 2010, Tanzania launched an ambitious experiment. The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania — SAGCOT — set out to bring…
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 If Tanzania’s vegetable farming is dominated by a small number of crops, its fruit farming is dominated by a single one. The…
By Kilimokwanza Arusha and Kilimanjaro sit beside each other on the map, share a climate zone shaped by Mount Kilimanjaro, and are often grouped…
By Kilimokwanza Walk into a kitchen in Arusha or Kilimanjaro and you are likely to encounter African eggplant. Known locally as nyanya chungu, or…
A humble tuber grown in the mists of the Southern Highlands is quietly transforming the fortunes of thousands of Tanzanian families. With the founding…
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…
By Kilimokwanza Correspondent The question of why so few Tanzanians eat enough fruit and vegetables is often framed as a market problem, a behaviour…
Ihemi Cluster · Iringa & Njombe · March 2026 Khalid Mgaramo:How public–private trustis actually built By Kilimokwanza Correspondent Ihemi Cluster Field Report · March…
Farm For the Future, operating from Ilula in Iringa and backed by Norwegian agricultural equipment manufacturers Underhaug AS and Kverneland Group, has launched a…
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…
IN MEMORIAM — AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE The Scientist Who Fed Two Million Farmers The life, research, and enduring legacy of Dr. Dadili Japhet Majune, Head…
From the cool slopes of Iringa, a quiet revolution in goat milk production is taking shape, and smallholder farmers are at the centre of…
2026 · January – March · Ten Stories from Tanzania’s Agricultural Corridors Each story follows the Change Template: WHO describes the person or enterprise…
Kilimokwanza.org Agricultural Policy & Food Systems March 2026 News Feature · Livestock & Dairy 36 Million Cattle.Zero Dairy Self-Sufficiency. Tanzania ranks second in Africa…
Tanzania Charts Bold Course to End Edible Oil Import Dependency | Kilimokwanza KilimoKwanza.org Tanzania’s Agricultural Intelligence Platform News Feature · February 2026 Home/ Agribusiness/…
At the Njombe Regional Secretariat, 9 March 2026. AGCOT Board Chairman Dr Ally H. Laay and Board Member Laurean R. Bwanakunu join Regional Commissioner…
When the Soil Speaks – Kilimokwanza.org AGCOT Centre · From the Field · Feature By Kilimokwanza Correspondent · Tomoni Farm, Kibiti · 28 February…
Friday, 6 March 2026 · Established 2010 · Tanzania & East Africa Agriculture Nohémie Mawaka Doesn’t Sell Africa a Dream — She Sells Receipts…
🌿 Kilimo Kwanza — Tanzania’s Agricultural Voice Field Report Home › Horticulture › Tanzania’s Mango Moment SFO On-Farm Seminar · Tomoni Farm, Kibiti · …
Kilimokwanza.org Research Analysis | February 2026 Executive Summary On 17 December 2025, Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings announced an agreement to acquire Diageo’s 65% controlling…
NEWS FEATURE | AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRY Tanzania Charts Bold Path to Cooking Oil Self-Sufficiency National Strategy Targets $1.37 Billion in Export Revenue Through Palm…
In mid-February 2026, an agronomist from Movement For Community Development (MCODE) visited a smallholder farm in Ruvuma, southern Tanzania. What they encountered was unambiguous:…