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2nd Call For Registration of Students Groups For Skills Training In Entrepreneurship and Proprietorship for Students (SUA STEPS)

Discover Opportunities with SUA STEPS! Dear Students, We invite you to begin your journey of growth and empowerment with SUA STEPS! Registration is now open, offering you the chance to enhance your skills in entrepreneurship and proprietorship. Take this opportunity to unlock your potential, gain practical training, and explore innovative ideas. Join SUA STEPS today […]

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism 50 years Anniversary

Bringing the world to Tanzania to Celebrate 50 years of Forestry Training across Eastern and Southen Africa Region in the areas of Ecosystem and Conservation Forest Resource Assessment and management Forest engineering and wood sciences Forest and Environmental Economics with out forgetting the importance of Wildlife management together with Tourism and Recreation

Welcome to the 2024 Field Practical Trainings

Sokoine University of Agriculture, SUA has for years thrived in provision of quality education to its students at all levels from Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate  and contributing largely to Tanzania, Africa and the Global development through its greater capacity in research activities but also competent knowledge delivery accompanied with field activities in the field of […]

From exporting coral to restoring reefs, a Madagascar startup rethinks business

After her father died, Jeimila Donty took over her family’s coral export business and shifted its focus to conservation, creating Koraï. Donty is part of a young “pro-climate” generation that’s keen to incorporate the environment into business models. Koraï plants corals in Madagascan waters on behalf of other companies as part of their corporate social […]

Can agroecology break dependence on synthetic fertilizer?

As global food production expands to keep pace with a growing population, industrial nitrogen for fertilizer increasingly contributes to both greenhouse gas emissions and pollution of aquatic ecosystems. Agroecology can help tackle both problems by improving soil health while reducing the use of synthetic fertilizers and the emissions they produce, according to experts at the Agroecology […]

Tanzania tests first electric train; eyes regional links

The Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) recently initiated the first official trial of the nation’s inaugural electric train, running from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro. During the launch, Mobhare Matinyi, the Chief Government Spokesperson and Director of Information Service at the Ministry of Information, Communication, and Information Technology, expressed the government’s ambition to extend the Standard Gauge Railway […]

World leaders at COP28 urged to prioritize soil health in climate plans

On World Soil Day, experts and civil society representatives at the UN Climate Summit urged world leaders to recognize the role of healthy soils in achieving the Paris Agreement, calling for these long overlooked ecosystems to feature in COP28 declarations and in plans for more sustainable food systems. Representatives from the scientific, finance, policy, corporate and […]