ABSTRACT
Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) was established to address social and environmental problems caused by environmentally-destructive and unsustainable farming practices, which lead to food insecurity, poverty and malnutrition caused by environmental degradation through loss of top soil, water supplies and forests. Since its founding, SAT facilitators have demonstrated organic farming in Morogoro to over 3,000 farmers in 120 groups from 70 villages. The farmers are trained in agroecological farming practices using demonstration plots within their own villages, where they learn composting, botanical extract preparation, nutrition, soil and water conservation. SAT-trained farmers report lower water usage, better soil quality, healthier diets, enhanced biodiversity and better access to markets.
The trained farmers then act as group leaders and pass on their learnings to other community members. SAT provides the national and international research community with access to agroecological farmers. It also conducts research on its demonstration farm to contribute to the scientific evidence of agroecological farming methods and their potential.
