🌍 AGCOT Corridors
The Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania
AGCOT (Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania) is a bold national initiative designed to transform Tanzania’s agriculture through corridor-based investments, strategic partnerships, and commercial agriculture development. Building on the success of SAGCOT (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania), AGCOT now expands across the country through four key corridors:
1️⃣ Central Corridor
Regions Covered: Dodoma, Singida, Tabora, and parts of the Lake Zone
Focus: Boosting food production, strengthening agricultural infrastructure, and opening new market opportunities in Tanzania’s central heartland.
2️⃣ Northern Corridor
Regions Covered: Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, and Tanga
Focus: Advancing horticulture, coffee, livestock, and agribusiness processing in the highland and mountainous areas.
3️⃣ Mtwara Corridor
Regions Covered: Lindi, Mtwara, and Ruvuma
Focus: Enhancing productivity in high-value crops like cashew, sesame, and cassava, while linking to export markets via Mtwara Port.
4️⃣ SAGCOT Corridor (Southern Highlands Corridor)
Regions Covered: Morogoro, Iringa, Njombe, Mbeya, Songwe, Rukwa, Katavi, plus Dar es Salaam and Coast Region
Focus: Strengthening commercial agriculture through infrastructure, value addition, and robust public-private partnerships. This corridor is the foundation upon which AGCOT is expanding.
🌱 A New Tanzania Through Agricultural Transformation
AGCOT empowers Tanzania to:
- Grow agribusiness: Shift from subsistence to profitable farming by guiding investments through corridor-specific Greenprints that identify high-potential value chains and market-ready opportunities.
- Create jobs: Engage youth and women in the agricultural revolution by localizing economic potential and prioritizing inclusive agribusiness models within each corridor Greenprint.
- Achieve food security: Reduce dependence on food imports by transforming local production systems using climate-smart, data-driven Greenprints tailored to each region’s agro-ecological conditions.
- Feed the world: Position Tanzania as a leader in global food systems by implementing Greenprints that align with national strategies and global standards—turning vision into actionable investment pipelines.