Adam Bemma

  • Tanzania: The Crop Doctor is in the Market

    Dark clouds fill the sky, blocking the view of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Rain pours down on the bustling market in Himo town, about 100 kilometres east of Arusha. Farmers come from all over northern Tanzania to visit the bi-weekly “plant clinic” at the market. Some even travel across the border from neighbouring Kenya. Wilson Mchomvu…

    Adam Bemma

  • ‘Fahari Yangu’: The Pride of Agricultural Radio in Tanzania

    ARUSHA, Tanzania – A large, yellow, wind-up, solar radio crackles as farmer Esther Mbwana tunes it into her favourite radio station. “I love the Fahari Yangu farmer program. I listen every week,” she says as she spins the dial and stops on 105.7 FM, Arusha’s Radio 5. Mbwana is a 48-year-old mother of three from Poli village, located…

    Adam Bemma
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