Cassava

Puddy

Corn

Maize, known in some English-speaking countries as corn, is a large grain plant domesticated by indigenous peoples, Most of Maize growing Regions in Tanzania are Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya, Ruvuma, Katavi, Rukwa and Dodoma.

Cassava Plant

Cassava (Manihot esculenta), is also called manioc, yuca, balinghoy or kamoteng kahoy (in the Philippines), mogo (in Africa), mandioca, tapioca-root (predominantly in India) and manioc root, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates.

Peach

Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the exterior flesh of the peach fruit. Like the color apricot, the color called peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color apricot) primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design. Peach can also be described as a pale, light yellowish-pink.

Introduction

Since 1985, the country’s overall agricultural GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 3.3 percent while the country’s main food crops have been growing at 3.5 percent annually and its export crops at 5.4 percent annually.

Today, approximately 80 percent of Tanzanians are employed by the agriculture sector plays, which accounts for half of the national income and three quarters of the merchandise exports in the country.

The majority staples that are produced by Tanzania include maize, sorghum, millet, rice, wheat, pulses (mainly beans), cassava, potatoes, bananas and plantains with the bulk of the country’s export crops being composed of coffee, cotton, cashew nut, tobacco, sisal, pyrethrum, tea, cloves, horticultural crops, oil seeds, spices and flowers. 

 Shamba Langu is the Agricultural blog, aimed at impacting knowledge to small and medium farmers in Tanzania, the main goal is to add quality and maximizing productivity.