Our project in Kigoma involves approximately 13,750 hectares, a small percentage of the overall available land in Tanzania, but large enough to have a meaningful impact on the country’s agricultural industry by demonstrating what is possible with Tanzania’s rich resources.
The 13,750 hectares are in two plots: one approximately 10,500 hectares at Lugufu, and one approximately 3,250 hectares, north of Basanza village.
Tanzania has 43 million hectares of arable land, of which only about 10 million hectares, or 23 percent, is currently being farmed, leaving more than 30 million hectares available to produce food for the people of Tanzania and, eventually, the rest of Africa. Right now, due to the lack of access to modern farming methods, inputs, tools, equipment and storage facilities, Tanzanian farmers struggle to consistently provide food security for themselves and for Tanzania.
We believe that with today’s scientific knowledge and agricultural production capacity, it is unacceptable for anyone in Tanzania to risk going hungry, especially when we have so much underdeveloped fertile land available to grow food.