Farm Africa wins award at National Agricultural Exhibition, Tanzania

Towards the end of 2010, Farm Africa exhibited the findings and produce from our forestry, schools and sesame projects to hundreds of people from across Tanzania at the Annual Agricultural Show in Arusha.

Not only was this exhibition a place to share our knowledge and learnings, but some of Farm Africa’s farmers even made some sales! Mr Khufo sold every single one of the 71 jars of honey he had on display, earning him an impressive 355,000 Tshs (£152).  Mr Khufo received ten beehives from Farm Africa as part of our forestry project and has become such as successful beekeeper that he now has 25 beehives in total.  Mr Bayo, sold 25 raffia mats made by members of a Farm Africa raffia group – making a total of 300,000 Tshs (£128) for the group.

As well as exhibiting our forestry project, project staff, representatives from the District Education Board, and teachers trained in Farm Africa’s discovery learning approach exhibited findings from our Agricultural and Environmental Education Project.  The project’s activities were displayed at the show in the hope that many more districts in Tanzania will adopt our education model in their schools – meaning more families will learn practical farming skills.  The exhibit attracted the attention of secondary school pupils attending the exhibition and, by the end of the show, over 700 people had visited our exhibition and 1,000 brochures were taken away.

All in all, the entire exhibition proved a very successful knowledge sharing experience, and to top it off, Farm Africa scooped third prize for their exhibition!