It is estimated that over 30 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on East Africa highland cooking bananas (EAHB) and plantain as their principal source of dietary carbohydrates. These include Matooke and in the East and Central Africa…
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“This is a rice growing field. In between the rice growing seasons, farmers often grow legumes but due to the limited rainfall they do not do well. Therefore, under this project we are introducing new drought resistant and early…
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Participatory land use planning is seen as key to ensuring sustainable land use in Lushoto, Tanzania.
Arriving in Lushoto through its steep winding road has always brought an interesting feeling. As you climb from the valley in Mombo, one observes that farmers are growing a number of crops in the valleys and between the hills,…
Hi pests and diseases, it’s your nasty cousin Fusarium. I’ve got an update for you from banana fields and scientists’ labs in Arusha, Tanzania. Its rather mixed news, I am afraid, as the humans seem to be making some…
Eastern Africa
Changing fortunes of farmers and empowering women in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania through legumes
While it is the number one cash crop for most farmers in Tanzania, maize is getting a serious run for its money from legumes such as beans, groundnut, and soybean which are becoming commercial crops in the cool and…
Eastern Africa
Researchers on one of the world’s most destructive agricultural pests, whitefly, converge in Arusha, Tanzania
The 2nd International Whitefly Symposium (IWS2) is taking place in Arusha, Tanzania, this week, 14-19 February. It has brought together more than a hundred scientists from all over the world to discuss one of the world’s most destructive agricultural…
Eastern Africa
Project to boost cassava production in Africa through agronomic practices launched in Tanzania
Central Africa Hub Director Bernard Vanlauwe being interviewed by the media. The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) — Taking Agronomy to Scale in Cassava-Based Systems in sub-Saharan Africa, seeking to address this challenge and support smallholder farmers to increase…
Eastern Africa
Ugandan Agric Ministry pioneer development of climate change mainstreaming guidelines
Group photograph of participants at the workshop. The validation workshop was held on 29 January in Mukono. Stakeholders from government ministries, departments, and agencies, farmer organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, development partners, research institutions, academia, and the media…