Lake zone Smart Farms (LSF) Project Year: April 2021 – September 2022 Country/Area: Tanzania, (Shinyanga Region) Client: AGRA/ UNDP Description: The Goal of the LSF is to contribute to competitive and Inclusive Transformation of the Sor... Tanzania Apr 1, 2021 Projects
Enduring Linkages: Bukoba Farmers in Tanzania to reduce post-harvest losses and improve the quality of seed by adopting threshing technology learned and sourced from Rwanda. Kilimo Trust, an East Africa-based not-for profit organization implemented a project dubbed “Bean Enterprises and Structured Trade in East African Community (BEST-EAC)” during the period October 2015 ... Feb 22, 2021 Success Stories
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... Feb 22, 2021 Success Stories
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 (a... Feb 22, 2021 Success Stories
KT/GIZ SHINES ONCE AGAIN AT NANE NANE 2017 MBEYA-TANZANIA Kilimo Trust/GIZ CARI exhibited for the second time at Mwakangale grounds in Mbeya for eight (8) days during the Agricultural exhibitions in Southern Highland zone of Tanzania to increase visibility. ... Feb 21, 2021 Success Stories
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... Feb 21, 2021 Success Stories
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 practi... Feb 21, 2021 Success Stories
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 milli... Feb 21, 2021 Success Stories
Scaling-up organic fertilizer production for sustainable avocado agriculture Year : January 2021 – December 2022 Country/Area: Tanzania -Southern Highlands Client: King Baudouin Foundation Description: Kilimo Trust in collaboration with Guavay Company Ltd is implementing scali... Tanzania Jan 1, 2021 Projects
How Bigando grains coop secured regional markets Limited access to guaranteed markets is one of the priority constraints hindering smallholder farmer commercialization and general development of agricultural value chains. Often, for countries with s... Dec 28, 2020 Success Stories
Reduce-Reuse- Recycle Rice Initiative for Climate Smart Agriculture (R4iCSA) Year : July 2020 – June 2022 Country/Area: Kenya and Uganda Client: IKEA Foundation Description: The project goal was to increase adoption of sustainable rice production practices for 5,000 smallholde... Kenya Uganda Jun 30, 2020 Projects
Rural Youth Employment Opportunities: Support to Integrated Agribusiness Hubs in Rwanda (R-YES) project Year : June 2020 – December 2024 Country/Area: Rwanda Client: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Description: ... Rwanda Jun 1, 2020 Projects