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Tanzania and Kenya listed in the new Program for Ruminant Livestock Vaccine across Africa
Across the African continent, livestock are one of the leading sources of food security and resilient livelihoods. Livestock production contributes between 30 and 80 percent of the continent’s total agricultural GDP
Tanzania creams up USD 174 million to transform the country’s dairy industry amid climate change
More than 40 percent of women and 30 percent of the youth population stands to benefit from the new initiative
Tanzania develops new varieties of sugarcane kernels to boost production
Despite being the third largest producer of sugar in the East African Region, Tanzania is only capable of generating 482,000 metric tons from the country’s plants in a year.
Tanzania introduces Food Security Bonds to boost national grain and cereal reserves
At the present, the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has the capacity to harbor an average of 776,000 tons of grains and cereals procured through a total of 72 purchasing centers across eight regions.
China bans meat and Dairy products from Tanzania
The average value of Tanzania’s Exports of meat, fish and seafood preparations to China stands at USD 47,000 per annum, according to the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database on international trade.
Tabora Honey flows into Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia
Tabora Honey is popular in Tanzania and recently its fame transcended borders to as far as Southern Europe where demand for it is slowly but surely growing
Banana Plantations in Tanzania under serious threat as deadly disease wreaks havoc across seven regions
Kilimanjaro, one of the leading Banana growing regions in Tanzania is among the affected precincts on the country's mainland
Only five percent of cattle in Africa have been vaccinated
Moving away from reactive vaccination in the case of an outbreak to prophylactic use before an epidemic is a huge step forward for preventative immunization.
Seaweeds from Zanzibar to be used in churning organic fertilizers on the Tanzanian mainland
The waters of the Indian Ocean have a new role, to irrigate the agriculture sector in Tanzania, not with water but rather by with seaweeds for the production of organic fertilizers
After Rwanda and Tanzania, Senegal now gets to host the African Food Systems Summit in Dakar, September 2025
Senegal becomes the first Sahelian country to host the African Food Systems Forum. The Summit takes place in September 2025.