Impact & sustainability
Every container we export connects more farmers to the market and reinvests in the Gen Z and women farmers building our next supply network.
2,500
Gen Z youth trained in agribusiness & digital skills
50
Youth Champion community change agents
12
Month blended curriculum with field visits
$20
Average cost per participant
Gen Z in Agribusiness programme
A one-year, low-cost model to mobilize and train 2,500 Tanzanian Gen Z participants (aged 18–26) in agribusiness and entrepreneurship. The programme shifts mindsets from subsistence farming to commercial farming by leveraging digital tools, local cooperatives and rural institutions through federated producer and savings groups.
Peer-to-peer cascade
50 intensive Youth Champions facilitate micro-workshops in community spaces.
RIPAT approach
RIPAT start and spreading phases build self-supporting community change agents.
Women & youth empowerment
Savings groups, micro-production clusters and market linkage support.
Months 1–4
Mindset & foundations
- • Farming as a business
- • Value-chain identification
- • Financial literacy & M-Koba mobile-money savings
- • Gen Z agritech tools, climate-smart apps & digital mapping
- • Kobo Toolbox for data collection and self-evaluation
Months 5–8
Technical production & operations
- • Soil and water management
- • Drip irrigation, composting & soil testing
- • Crop & livestock husbandry
- • Post-harvest storage, solar drying & packaging
- • Urban/peri-urban farming techniques
Months 9–12
Agribusiness & marketing
- • Business Model Canvas
- • Digital marketing via WhatsApp Business, Instagram & TikTok
- • Record-keeping & pitching to micro-lenders
- • VICOBA savings groups & cooperatives
- • RIPAT & Farmer Market School producer federation
Partners
RECODA
Implementing partner
Research, Community and Organizational Development Associates — a Tanzanian NGO established in 2000 that bridges the technology gap in community development, capacity building and poverty alleviation.
TAHA
Horticulture network
Tanzania Horticultural Association connects our sourcing to a nationwide network of growers, aggregators and export-ready producers.
AMAGRO
Mango Farmers networkÂ
AMAGRO links us to organised farmer groups and aggregation channels across Tanzania, helping us scale compliant, traceable supply.
TPHPA
Technical & Research support
Provide GAP Training and Certifications, Research backstopping and Export Compliances.