Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) has trained about 20 smallholder farmers in Morogoro through the Integrated IoT, AI, and a Swahili Chatbot: Agri-Tech Solution (MkulimaGPT) Project, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The training focused on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) System that operates in Swahili and aims to provide farmers with timely advice on maize cultivation. This system also enables farmers to address farm-related issues on their own, without the assistance of an Extension Officer.

The American students from the School for International Training (SIT) at Mazumbai Forest Reserve in Tanga Region, Tanzania, had the opportunity to conduct field work on Tropical Forest biodiversity. Mazumbai Forest Reserve is one of the SUA’s outposts where forestry students, Wildlife Management, Bachelor of Tourism Management from the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation, Department of Wildlife Management and Department of Tourism and Recreation conducts their field work as part of the university’s effort to ensure it produces competent graduates. This year, the American students from SIT, who have a partnership with Sokoine University of Agriculture, visited Mazumbai Forest Reserve to study tropical forests. Their main objective was to measure forest longevity at Mazumbai and the Sagara community forest and compare their biodiversity using the bowl trapping method in the ground.