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New cross-border market created for onion farmers

The Mang’ola valley is famous in East Africa for onion production. The valley is part of Lake Eyasi basin located in Karatu district, Arusha region, in Northern Tanzania. Before LECOFANET formation (an umbrella organization that…

Seeking regional marketing solutions to local problems

Uganda’s progress in reducing poverty over the last two decades is a remarkable story of success (The Uganda Poverty Assessment Report 2016). The newly released findings show that much of this poverty reduction was built…

Growing environmentally friendly beans explained

Climbing beans have the potential to provide farmers with yields three times higher than bush beans. This means three times more food on the table or three times more money in the pocket for the…

Dry season in Rufiji Valley? Don’t worry, dear farmers

Despite of living nearby reliable irrigation water source, rice farmers in Nyangala village have been producing rice once a year during rainy season using “Bamvua” a traditional system commonly practiced in Rufiji. Competitive African Rice…

Marketed rice gains from good agricultural practices

Musoma Food Company Limited (MFCL) is one of the leading suppliers of grain and cereal food products in the Lake Zone. The company processes and markets about 6,500MT of rice per annum. The company is…

How Bigando grains coop secured regional markets

Limited access to guaranteed markets is one of the priority constraints hindering smallholder farmer commercialisation and general development of agricultural value chains. Often, for countries with self-sufficiency of some agricultural commodities, national markets are not…

New cross-border market created for onion farmers

Seeking regional marketing solutions to local problems

Growing environmentally friendly beans explained

Dry season in Rufiji Valley? Don’t worry, dear farmers

Marketed rice gains from good agricultural practices

How Bigando grains coop secured regional markets

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