“MVIWATA Arusha” is a network of small-scale farmer group networks in Arusha region (Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima wa Arusha). The formation of MVIWATA Arusha was stimulated by the MVIWAMO and National Farmer’s Network, in a bid to establish a middle network in the Arusha region. The following are the district networks; Monduli (MVIWAMO), Karatu (MVIWAKA), Meru (MVIWAME)and Arusha rural. On the 1st of June 2013 local networks of MVIWATA Karatu were inaugurated and the guest of honor was MVIWATA Taifa Chairman Bwana Simba Mkuti.