Farming

The initiative strengthens links between women-led farms and the tourism sector in Kilimanjaro, promoting agritourism and sustainable sourcing

While the country's demand for kernels has reached 127,650 tons per ​each and every farming season, it seems Tanzania can only produce 70,000 tons of seeds in a year.

It introduces innovative climate risk transfer mechanisms, including sovereign insurance coverage against droughts and floods via the African Risk Capacity, and agricultural micro- insurance for smallholders.

The initiative is projected to create 47,000 employment opportunities, including 8,000 permanent and 39,000 seasonal jobs.

The project mobilised the necessary resources to contribute to the sustainable transformation of the Cascades, Hauts Bassins and South-West regions, with significant participation from women.

Tanzania used to have around 600,000 donkeys; the number has however been rapidly shrinking with observers foreseeing total annihilation of these work animals within the next decade.

Traditional methods, such as ear tags, are fragile and easy to falsify, making verification by a banker nearly impossible and turning a woman's most valuable asset into an invalid guarantee.

The National Food Reserve Agency intends to spend over 800 billion/- in purchasing more than 800,000 tons of maize and 150,000 tons of rice from farmers in the country

Dr Muraguri is a Kenyan and British national with a Law degree from Warwick University and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, UK, specializing in intellectual property management and public private partnerships.

Living conditions in Kalaf and Dafenaytou have been transformed by the introduction of family vegetable gardens, forage plots, adapted farming tools and practical training.