Small scale farmers in the country have appealed to the government to revoke the law that allows production of GMO produce in the country claiming that the technology is distorting the market for their produce...

Smallholder farmers through their National network of farmers groups in Tanzania (MVIWATA) have stated that they do not see any benefits for the country to continue being a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

Civil society organizations have raised alarm over existing gaps in important six Human Rights that they presented to the United Nations, through the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as part of the...

Morogoro Regional Commissioner Dr. Rajabu Rutengwa warns government officials who embrace land conflicts without taking appropriate measures to curb the situation and thus allowing the problems to persist. He addressed the matter during MVIWATA 20th...

Smallholder farmers in the country have released their statement that discourse a list of demands to be worked on by the elected government leaders. The statement was issued by members of Network of small-scale farmer’s...

Farmers in Mvomero district have advised the government to improve the system for supplying agricultural inputs for year 2015/16. The farmers who are members of the Network of Farmers Groups in Tanzania (MVIWATA), raised the...

The Swiss Embassy has extended its support to MVIWATA, a network of small-scale farmers’ groups active all over Tanzania. The contribution aims at strengthening the network’s capacity and empowering its members technically, economically and politically...

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Lima — An ‘open-source’ seed initiative has released 36 varieties of 14 food crops, which the project’s leaders say could help poor farmers get access to better quality seeds. The new seed varieties have been...

The government intends to repossess idle land tracts that are not being used for any economic activities and offering to landless farmers, the deputy minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, George Simbachawene has...

At least 46 percent of subsidised fertilisers does not reach the farmers as planned, retarding government efforts toward promoting agricultural sector ,a new research has revealed. Presenting research findings at a workshop to mark the...

Members of Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima (MVIWATA), Veronica Sophu and Catherine Gabriel Sisuti, are among the 201 names of Constituent Assembly members appointed by President Jakaya Kikwete. In the Constituent Assembly, which commences today...