Azizi Omary Kheri is a spice farmer and member of the Vijana Amkeni Group in Mfumbwe Village. Before joining the Spice Project (SP), Azizi practiced small scale traditional farming, mainly growing cereal crops. Low productivity and limited market opportunities meant his farming generated only a modest income, making it difficult to improve his family's livelihood.

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Through the Vijana Amkeni Group, Azizi received comprehensive training in organic agriculture and spice production, which enhanced his knowledge and inspired him to shift from low-income cereal production to high-value spice cultivation. He also benefited from the project's seedling support program, receiving cardamom seedlings that allowed him to establish a farm of 400 cardamom plants.

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By applying the skills and good agricultural practices acquired through the project, he harvested more than 50 kilograms of cardamom in 2025, generating an income of TZS 1,750,000. Encouraged by this success, Azizi expanded further by establishing a 10-acre clove farm with 600 clove seedlings. From his first harvest, he produced 150 kilograms of cloves and earned TZS 3,000,000 from sales.

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Today, Azizi's success demonstrates how access to knowledge, technical support, and quality planting materials can empower smallholder farmers to adopt profitable agricultural enterprises and improve their livelihoods  an inspiration to farmers seeking to transition toward more sustainable, market oriented farming.

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