Smallholder farmers in Tanzania constitutes about sixty eight percent of the workforce in farming, both in rural and urban areas. However, eighty three percent of all holdings are run by small family farmers who dominate...

Cashew nut production in Tanzania provides up to fifteen percent of foreign currency and ranks fourth in Africa.  Tanzania has been engaged in the production of the cash crop since before independence however, poor regulation...

A training to 20 smallholder farmers from Morogoro, Dodoma and Manyara is organised and effected by MVIWATA for six days. The training focuses on creating awareness and capacity building to smallholder farmers’ promoters in formation...

Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania (MVIWATA) organized a consultative meeting at Nyandira, Mvomero District, between members of MVIWATA to discuss and thereby resolve market operation & management challenges facing the Market that has hindered...

Land has remained a major means of production in all walks of life. Been the major means of production, land has attracted interests to people from all scopes of sectors thereby leading to disputes in...

Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania (MVIWATA) joins hands with the world wide movement of small-holder producers (La Via Campesina) in commemorating the International Day of the Peasant’s Struggle. The International Day of the Peasant’s...

Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania (MVIWATA) is commemorating the International Women’s Day 08th March 2020. MVIWATA joins hand in solidarity with millions of peasants, pastoralists, fisher folks, rural workers, indigenous people and the working...

MVIWATA with other Farmers Organizations (FO) at national, regional and continental level participated in the 7th Farmers’ Forum in conjunction with the 43 session of IFAD’s Governing Council at the International Fund for Agricultural Development...

Members of MVIWATA from across regions in Tanzania mainland gathered in Morogoro at MVIWATA headquarters in February 2020 in a one-day meeting with delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Policy and Planning Department. The purpose...

As part of MVIWATA’s 5th strategic goal of strengthening institutional capacity, smallholder farmers organized in groups are conducting grassroots meeting regularly. Pictured are leaders from 12 farmers’ groups members of MVIWATA in Ilonga Village, Kilosa...

Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania (MVIWATA) held its constitutional 24th Annual General Meeting on 19th to 20th December 2019. The annual general meeting was held at Southern Highland Conference center Morogoro Municipal and was...

The Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Developments, Hon. Angelina Mabula (MP) has given Certificates of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCROS) to 100 smallholder farmers in Litowa village, Songea Rural District in Ruvuma...