Agriculture is one of the most reliable and dependable sectors in many African countries, including my good country Tanzania. Tanzania has been blessed with a fertile land, a good climate and well-watered rainy season. thus promoting agriculture as a daily…
Our idea of sustainable crop protection is on two fronts. One is group formation. Essentially, we believe that if people in rural communities can form groups, say of 20-25 households, they can enjoy economies of scale from agriculture. Two, we…
Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) are prone to pests and diseases due to high temperatures, long dry spells and low moisture contents. These conditions favour the survivability of many pest and disease pathogens and vectors which affect both crops and…
My business is about liquid fertilizers processed biologically from human urine. It is an organic fertilizer with a high percentage of nitrogen. This is needed by the plant and is also highly concentrated in mineral nutrients, besides to its necessity…
After my graduation, I took up a voluntary opportunity with a national grain merchant where I was the understudy to the organizations' agronomist. This gave me the opportunity to be appointed as an agronomist working for the biggest commercial agriculture…
Introduction Malawi has an agro-based economy with over 85% of the rural population engaged in rain-fed subsistence farming. Due to the effects of climate change, the country is prone to natural hazards such as floods, droughts and pro-longed dry spells…
On August 2017, while making some research on moisture content of fruits, I came across that of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) and found out that the moisture content of tomatoes contains three types of acid; citric acid which is the most…
Twenty years ago 94% of Rwanda's citizen were farmers and used traditional agriculture. At that time the population of Rwanda was below 6 million on 26,338km2. The research done in 2016 by the National Institute of Statistics showed that the…
It is a big challenge for plant scientists to ensure food security for the rising population of the world. As, the cultivated land under different crops is not increasing significantly with the increase in population, so in order to cope…
AGRO-LITE CONNECTS…creating a platform for sharing sustainable crop protection intelligence and diffusion network. AGRO-LITE CONNECTS “SMART APP and Website” brings unprecedented access and translation of sustainable crop protection innovations in over 2,000 local languages across sub-Sahara Africa with audio records…
