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New Varieties Promise an Increase in Tanzania’s Finger Millet Production
Finger millet is an important food crop in small scale cereal-based farming systems in Africa, particularly the upland areas of Eastern Africa (Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya) where it commands a higher market price compared to other cereals. The crop is a very valuable subsistence …
HOPE Improves Access to Sorghum Seeds in Tanzania
Sorghum has the potential to significantly improve food security and incomes of the smallholder subsistence farmers especially those that live in dry areas where maize production has dropped due to low rainfall. In Tanzania, sorghum is grown in areas with marginal annual rainfall like central, …
Climate Conversations – Threshing mills make life less of a grind for West African women
A grinding machine halves the time and labour needed to thresh grain into flour for these women in Niger. The majority of women in developing countries rely on agriculture, and it is widely acknowledged that gender should be a major consideration in agricultural development for …
Project strategies for sorghum and pearl millet in Nigeria sketched out
Sorghum and pearl millet are important crops that can increase incomes and enhance livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Promoting the right varieties and production technologies in addition to creating linkages between producers and processors is crucial for this. A research and development strategy …
HOPE Project ESA Team Develops Country Strategies for Sorghum and Millets
On 22-23 November, 2012, the HOPE Project ESA Team, held a workshop to develop country strategies for the project’s mandate crops – sorghum and millets. The workshop was held in Arusha, Tanzania and was attended by 33 participants with representatives from Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, …
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