Joint Training Programme Equips Students with Practical Knowledge in Horticultural Crop Production
Habari mpya za elimu Tanzania · maelezo ya Joint Training Programme Equips Students with Practical… · imesasishwa 5 Aug 2026 · habari mpya · masasisho · maelezo
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- 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.