Dar es Salaam. Agriculture programme supported by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in collaboration with other partners has transformed livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Lindi and Mtwara regions who have managed to save Sh120 billion in three years.
AKF’s multi-sectoral Coastal Rural Support Program has been working in partnership with regional and district governments since 2009 to improve and increase agriculture production, facilitate market connections, and support access to finance. Speaking on the sidelines of the seminar on making markets inclusive for smallholder farmers, the executive director of Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT), Mr Sosthenes Kewe said that being one of the project partners they were happy to see that 178,000
