Headlines
- Japan and Tanzania teams up to boost Kilimanjaro Coffee consumption in Tokyo
- Guinness World Records Unaware of Tanzania’s Landrover Parade Claims
- Tanzania prepares to break Germany’s Record for staging the longest parade of Land-Rover trucks in the world next October
- Bus Company hatches route between Dar-es-salaam and Nairobi via Tarakea and Oloitokitok
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Farming
Austria supports Dodoma women groups to achieve beneficial organic farming practices
Through the arrangement, more than 1,950 farmers who are members of 61 communal groups, have been trained on among other things, organic agriculture practices, agroforestry, soil and water conservation
Tanzania preserves nearly 1000 types of seeds for future as kernels threaten to become extinct
This project entailing collecting and storing important seeds is being undertaken to prevent these important farm inputs from becoming extinct.
Yellow Maize snubbed in Africa despite the continent facing serious food shortages
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations needs to educate the masses that maize should not be regarded as the only food crop in Africa
Belgium donates 15 motorcycles to support beekeeping ventures in Tanzania
The EU funded Beekeeping Value Chain (BEVAC) supports apiculture ventures in at least 15 districts of Tanzania
Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance wins prestigious Africa Food Prize
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.
United States of America dishes out 38 billion/- to support food systems in Africa
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.
Tanzania releases 26 new varieties of improved Cassava seeds
Tanzania ranks at number 12 among the world's top cassava producing countries. The country holds the sixth position in Africa.
Tanzania imports more agricultural seeds than what the country exports
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.
Seven Million Sisal Seedlings distributed to farmers as Tanzania revives cash crop
Sisal, the environment friendly material for packaging returns to replace polythene as the world becomes more climate conscious
Over 125,000 metric tons of tobacco are produced in Tanzania annually but hardly used domestically
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