Bringing a new lease of life to soil science: a novel PhD programme, supported by AGRA

By Anthony Muchoki=: THE average small-holder farmer, comprising a majority of the 45 million-strong population in Tanzania, hardly knows anything about soil health, notes Mr. Mwadhini Myanza, Executive Director of the Morogoro-based civil society organisation ‘Irrigation Training & Economic Empowerment Organization (IRTECO). This situation is replicated across Africa where, for many of the continent’s 54 countries assured food security…

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