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The 2023 Africa Food Systems Summit held recently in Dar es Salam has called on African leaders to build better food systems and promote food sovereignty, with youth and women at the centre. On the sidelines of Africa’s annual agriculture summit, the African Development Bank Group hosted a food sovereignty and resilience event. This follows the Dakar 2 Food Summit held in

The government has said it is in plans to invest about Sh650 billion in the production of quality-improved seeds to ensure at least 75 percent of the product are produced locally by 2025.

The African Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 concluded yesterday with Tanzania sealing deals worth $550 million (about Sh1.4 trillion).

The President urges African nations to use their resources to ensure food security for the continent’s 1.2 billion people.

Tanzania has signed agreements for funding its agriculture programmes including the $300 million with the WB and the $100 million pact with the AfDB.

Tanzania has signed agreements for funding its agriculture programmes including the $300 million with the WB and the $100 million pact with the AfDB.

The African Food Systems Forum 2023 heard that it was actually Ukraine and Russia which were supposed to import wheat and cooking oil from Tanzania.

He emphasised that the Forum represents a significant milestone in establishing inclusive and sustainable food systems

If government agricultural systems fail in Tanzania, then many African countries and beyond will feel the pinch.

Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture on Monday received a huge drone from the World Food Program (WFP) that will help smallholder farmers fight pests, the WFP said in a statement on Tuesday. The WFP said the drone has the capacity to carry 40 liters of pesticide liquid and is capable of…