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World Vegetable Center charters course for healthy food production among local growers in Tanzania
Fruit and vegetable growers have been cautioned on excessive use of chemical-based farm inputs and encouraged to promote organic farming practices
Latest grain research report clears Tanzanian maize shipments saying they are free from viral infections
Laboratory analysis of the samples did not detect any of the viruses from the maize grains as well as the field samples from the major maize producing regions in Tanzania.
Old Photo emerges to reveal mechanized farming in the Post-Independent Tanzania, 70 years ago
The picture, originally in black and white but badly colorized through Artificial Intelligence, reveals several Massey-Harris 44s tractors at a field in Dodoma
Tanzania is setting up the first seed bank in Africa, capable of preserving crop kernels for over 100 years
the only Eastern African country with advanced seed storage technology is Kenya but it is yet to establish own the kernel bank. Tanzania should therefore be the first in the Sub-Saharan Region to host such facility.
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.