The new beans varieties are grown by over 37 million smallholder farmers in Africa and consumed by more than 300 million people in Africa significantly improving nutrition, health, and food security.
Seventy percent of small- and medium-sized businesses owned by women in developing countries cannot access financial services that meet their needs. A finance gap that breeds gender inequality.
So far, as per latest figures, Tanzania is currently exporting 1,172 tons of the farm inputs overseas, which is a slight increase from the 1,094 tons that the country exported in the previous fiscal year.
Farmers in the country are now set to earn over 570 billion/- from tobacco shipments, while the crop exports are expected to inject over 17 billion/- into local district councils’ coffers in form of revenues
Tanzania consumes 90 percent of the 33,000 tons of honey being produced in the country annually, while South Africa's honey demand stands at just 4000 tons as the country churns out a measly 2000 tons only.
Thousands of Tanzanian farmers have been trained in the use of Aflasafe, further improving Tanzania’s food security and market access by keeping crops free of aflatoxins.