On April 2nd, 2024, special visitors from the World Food Program (WFP) visited the Aquaculture unit in the Department of Model Training Farm, part of the College of Agriculture at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The purpose of the visit was to learn and see the best fish farming practices adopted at the Aquaculture unit as...Read More

The visit to sea cucumber cage farms in Bagamoyo by the Curriculum Review Team from the Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences demonstrated to be an engaging and educational experience. The team camping at Bagamoyo district in the Coastal region during the development of the Curricula first drafts for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in...Read More

Migazi au Michikichi ni mimea ya aina ya mitende inayostawi vizuri katika udongo wenye rutuba nyingi na usiojaa maji kila wakati. Mimea hii pia hupendelea mvua nyingi. Matunda ya Migazi au Michikichi hutengeneza mafuta yanayoitwa mawese. Aina za Migazi Kuna aina kuu tatu za Migazi. Kwanza ni Dura, ambayo ina mbegu kubwa iliyozungukwa na nyama...Read More

The Management team of the College of Agriculture, including the Principal, Head of Departments, Human resource officer, and chairman of each Committee visited the SUA rainwater harvested dam. This dam plays a crucial role in irrigating different farm plots at the Sokoine University of Agriculture including seed production farms. The team went to the dam...Read More

The barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) is a fascinating amphibious fish species found in mangrove habitats throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the southwestern Indian Ocean. These fish are well adapted to both terrestrial and aquatic environments, using their pectoral fins to “walk” on land and their gills to breathe underwater. Population studies of barred mudskippers in...Read More

SUA STEPS company “Sokoine AGRI-ENTERPRISE (SAEG)” a group of twenty-one members from third-year students of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), pitched their innovative idea “MbogaFasta” in the Innovation horticulture value addition to the USAID feed the future, and emerged among the winners. The SAEG is carrying out their horticultural production at the SUA Agricultural Incubation...Read More

The Government through the National Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) has allocated a total of 480 million Tanzanian Shillings to four researchers from local universities in Tanzania for their proposed projects. Each researcher has received 120 million Shillings to implement their proposed projects.  The benefiting researchers include Dr. Ramadhan Majubwa a Senior Lecturer from...Read More

An agriculture enterprise group of twenty-one members from third-year students of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) managed to establish Sokoine AGRI-ENTERPRISE GROUP (SAEG). These are on-campus students who formulate a group with common interests and passions in agriculture. This enterprise serves as a dynamic learning environment that bridges the gap between theory and practice while...Read More

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a unique set of challenges, including a high prevalence of malnutrition, poverty, and susceptibility to the impacts of climate change and population growth. “Climate-smart nutrition security” becomes the best strategies and initiative that aim to address the challenges posed by climate change to nutrition security, particularly in vulnerable regions. Promote diversification of...Read More

Phylogeography is a field that combines principles of evolutionary biology, population genetics, and biogeography to understand the historical processes that have shaped the current geographic distribution of species, existing genetic diversity and their adaptations. Normally, phylogeographic patterns are the observable trends and structures in the genetic variation of populations across geographical space. The African Greater...Read More