Joint Training Programme Equips Students with Practical Knowledge in Horticultural Crop Production

TLDR

• Experiences shared by farmers from Lukinga Village in Gairo District during August 2025 illustrate how these partnerships are reshaping potato production.
• For more than four decades, Tanzania and the Netherlands have collaborated in agriculture, creating a partnership that now includes more than 100 companies and organisations sharing knowledge, research, innovation.
• Support from value-chain partners has focused not only on supplying quality seed but also on equipping farmers with the knowledge required to manage crops effectively and improve productivity.
• Although the area has fertile land and strong production potential, farmers had long struggled with inadequate technical knowledge, limited certified seed, weak organisational structures and uncertain markets.
• Mr Kimonge also points to a joint training programme involving students from Horti Tengeru and Arusha Technical College.