Tanzania, Aug. 27 -- Dar es Salaam. A new technology developed by a young Tanzanian innovator is helping smallholder farmers in Manyara Region make planting faster, more precise and potentially more productive.

The innovation offers a homegrown solution to some of the challenges that have increasingly been driving farmers to look beyond traditional methods.

Dubbed; SmartShamba Multi-Crop Planter, developed by young Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) graduate Ibrahim Meshack, the technology was among the exceptional showcased during the National Education, Skills and Innovation Week in Tanga.

Mr Meshack became among the five innovators selected for commercialization support from the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (C...