The Research section, Crop Development Division,. the Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania and the Department of Rural Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Dar-es-Salaam cooperated with Cimmyt in the demonstration of a farming system based approach to planning adaptive agricultural research in the drier parts of Morogoro and Kilosa Districts. Chapter .1. of the report describes the Cimmyt programme and the background to this first demonstration in Tanzania. Chapter .2. describes the natural and economic characteristics of the zone in which the demonstration was mounted. Chapters 3-6 describe farming in the drier areas of Morogoro and Kilosa Districts.46 pages