TANZANIA, Nov. 12 -- TANZANIAS underutilised crops, including cassava, sorghum, finger millet and cowpeas, present significant opportunities to drive agribusiness growth, boost export earnings and create rural employment.

These crops are gaining renewed attention under a continental initiative aimed at unlocking their commercial potential and accelerating their large-scale production, processing and marketing by 2035.

The initiative is outlined in the proposed 2026-2035 Roadmap for Integrating Opportunity Crops into Africas Agrifood Systems, developed jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).

Released in August 2026, the roadmap envisions the systematic conservation...