DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 8 -- TANZANIAS agricultural sector is now experiencing a quiet revolution. No, it is not another flashy summit or a hastily launched blueprint; it is something more practical, technical and yes, full of lab coats and clever acronyms.

Thanks to strong financial and technical support from the European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the country is giving its plant health systems a 21st-century upgrade.

Think: Digital tools, drones, DNA tech and an actual training academy (more on that later).

At the centre of it all is the rather scientific-sounding but impact-packed project: STREPHIT (Strengthening Plant Health Services in Tanzania for Enhanced Food Safety) that is an initiative that has,...