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Unleashing Tanzania’s Agricultural Potential: A Look at Soybean Production and Value Chain Enhancements at the Tanzania Poultry Show 2024

The Tanzania Poultry Show 2024, hosted at Mlimani City, Dar es Salaam, brought together key players from the agriculture and livestock sectors to deliberate on Tanzania’s current and future agricultural landscape. One of the most pressing topics discussed at the event was how soybean production could

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Mloge: Empowering Smallholders to Unlock Tanzania’s Soybean Potential through Sustainable Compacts

Dar es Salaam, October 19, 2024 – At the Tanzania Poultry Show 2024, Tullah Mloge, Principal Executive Assistant to the CEO of SAGCOT, delivered a compelling message: investing in soybean cultivation and empowering smallholder farmers is crucial for unlocking Tanzania’s agricultural potential. To achieve this, SAGCOT

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SAGCOT Underscores Smallholder Potential to Produce 2 Million Tonnes of Soybeans, Pushes for Local Tool Manufacturing, Value Chain Enhancements

Dar es Salaam, 19th Oct 2024 At the Tanzania Poultry Show 2024, SAGCOT CEO Geoffrey Kirenga emphasized the potential for Tanzanian smallholder farmers to significantly boost soybean production, advocating for increased local manufacturing of agricultural tools and other value chain enhancements. Kirenga highlighted the stark difference

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Feed the Flock: Msambachi Calls for Soybean Surge at Tanzania Poultry Show

Dar es Salaam The Tanzania Poultry Show 2024, held on October 18th and 19th at the Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam, showcased vital developments and innovations in the poultry industry. A pivotal moment of the event occurred during the panel discussion on October

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Baseline Report of the Tanzanian Soybean Sub-Sector

The “Baseline Report of the Tanzanian Soybean Sub-Sector,” part of the Tanzania Sustainable Soybean Initiative (TSSI), provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of soybean production in Tanzania. Conducted in September 2023, the survey encompassed 1,263 households across key regions, including Morogoro, Iringa, Njombe, Rukwa,

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TSSI Establishes 139 Demonstration Plots to Boost Soybean Yields 

The 2023/2024 season marks a pivotal moment for The Tanzania Sustainable Soybean Initiative (TSSI), spearheaded by the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). The initiative has successfully established 139 demonstration plots across the SAGCOT corridor. These sites serve as practical examples of effective agricultural practices.

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Public-Private Partnerships Drive Expansion of Soya Seed Production in Tanzania

The Ministry of Agriculture has projected a significant annual rise in soya seed production, spurred by public-private partnerships and the use of irrigated farms to meet the growing demand for quality seeds in Tanzania. During a stakeholders’ meeting, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Gerald Mweli, emphasized

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