Kigoma DC: use fertiliser to benefit from middle-income economy status

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By Abdallah Luambano, Kigoma

Kigoma District Commissioner Samson Anga has called on Kigoma residents to embrace a Yara fertiliser initiative to increase agricultural production and raise their per capita income so that they can benefit from Tanzania’s middle income economy status.  Tanzania is struggling to raise three times the Kigoma’s per capita income of 1,152,553/= of 2016.

Yara International, a Norwegian fertiliser company, has offered has set aside 12 and a half thousand tonnes of fertilisers valued at 16.5 billion to be distributed without charge to Tanzanian farmers to boost maize and paddy harvests.    The fertilisers are estimated to cost 16.5 billion/=. The company’s initiative is called  Action Africa.

Agriculture is the mainstay of Kigoma residents, farming activities accounting for about 80 percent of all sectors economic contribution to the region, but the region suffers from poor application of agro-inputs, poor crop husbandry practices and poor production technology.

Kigoma District has rural and urban parts: Kigoma rural has 489,271 people and Kigoma Municipality has 144,256 people.

DC Anga said if Kigoma residents will take seriously the Yara initiative, the region will be on the road to food self-sufficiency and people will increase their disposable income.

Kigoma Region cultivates 1,058,637 hectares of 57.7 per cent of arable land that is fully used. Kigoma Region’s surface area is 45,075 sq km and 36,523 or 81 percent is land.  Kigoma surface area is 4.8 percent of Tanzania Mainland.  The region’s annual rainfall ranges between 600-1,000 mm and maize, cassava, millet, potatoes, bananas and beans are the region’s food crops.  Main economic activities are farming, fishing and fish processing.

Earlier, YARA Tanzania's Commercial Manager for Western Zone,Mr Phillipo Mwakipesile called on farmers to register themselves by dialing *146*46*16#.

"This is the only opportunity where farmers can get free of charge YARA Mila cereal fertilizer," he said,noting that the initiative was meant to benefit farmers in Tanzania.

Maize is Tanzania’s staple food.  

 

 

 

 



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