Programme
Economic Empowerment
Organic agriculture and market access that turn land into livelihood.
The programme today
From one village farm to a market
The Foundation’s agriculture work is a value chain rather than a set of farms. Inputs and training reach smallholder households, water makes production reliable, and a route to market turns produce into income.
- It started with two women’s groups
- The Kisele organic farm began in 2016 with Matokeo, a group of 22 women, and Jipemoyo, a group of 18. Both appear in The Village Heart, so this part of the programme can be traced across a decade.
- Then it expanded
- The 2024 impact report records the model extending to Mitaranda and Kinene organic farming.
- Smallholder groups
- ARF reported supporting 25 groups of smallholder farmers, among them the Kuchile, Kinene and Mwanzo Mgumu groups. Those are examples the report names, not a complete list.
- Inputs and expertise
- Participating farmers — particularly women and youth — receive seeds, manure, irrigation and technical support rather than cash alone.
- A commercial route to market
- TanzPro Greens Ltd was created to scale production, improve quality and broaden market access. It is a separate commercial company; ARF is the non-profit that works with the farmers.
- Proposed next: Vijana Shambani
- A four-month plan, October 2026 to January 2027, with HUDEFO and Initiative Beyond Limits, to document the youth and women on the farm in a documentary and share their work more widely. It is a proposal; nothing in it has been delivered yet.
Source: AFRICAN REFLECTIONS IMPACT REPORT (ARF), Organic Agriculture section · The Village Heart (2016) for the Kisele origin · Vijana Shambani concept note (2026), proposed. Figures that differ between ARF's own reports are not published until the Foundation confirms them.