Power of ICT in transformation of agriculture

Appropriate and timely use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can drive the global push to address a range of food insecurities caused by preventable diseases. In this special report that examines the power, potential and value of ICT in agricultural transformation in Tanzania reviewing a case study of...

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Here are ways to make agriculture Africa's best economic alternative

Professor Calestous Juma, Faculty Chair of Harvard Kennedy School and the author of the ‘New Harvest: Agricultural innovation in Africa’ gave an inspiring lecture on Agricultural innovation in Africa at The Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) in Dar es Salaam. The proceeding are the interview talks; QUESTION:...

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Overcoming the twin challenges of youth unemployment and food insecurity: what role for agricultural employment?

In the contemporary context of profound and significant global change, youth unemployment levels have hit historic highs (ILO, 2012a,b,c; OECD, 2012)[1], and despite improved undernourishment estimates in the two decades to 2007, one in eight people suffered chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012 - one in four in sub-Saharan...

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Can Agriculture solve Youth Unemployment?

Youth unemployment is one of the most acute problems affecting developing countries. A lack of basic education ranks high among the reasons for this problem. However, youth unemployment is compounded by the fact that a large portion of the population in developing countries tends to be youth. The formal economy is unable...

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Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Market Competitiveness in Tanzania:

Tanzanian agriculture is dominated by small-scale subsistence farming. Like the entire economy, agriculture is in a transition from being a command to a market-based production system. The transition process started in the mid-1980s as part of the economic adjustment and structural reform programs ...

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