Tanzania praised for being keen on fertilisers going to farmers
By Abdallah Luambano, Dar es Salaam
Yara
Tanzania Limited, a local branch of the Norwegian fertiliser-producing
company, has praised the government for being strict on fertilisers
going to farmers thus protecting growers from receiving fake or bad
fertilisers that would otherwise be pushed in the market because of
indifference on the part of authorities.
Speaking
to reporters two days after Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa launched
national deliveries operation for taking free Yara fertilisers to
registered farmers countrywide, Yara Tanzania Ltd Managing Director, Mr
Winstone Odhiambo, commended the government for being very particular on
fertilisers being sold to Tanzanian farmers.
He
said national institutions entrusted with control of farm inputs
researched and satisfied themselves before fertilisers were put into
circulation.
I am
thankful to the government, through the ministry of agriculture, for
cooperating with us in implementing our companys initiative that seeks
to take free fertilisers to Tanzanians farmers.
The fertilisers going to farmers have been tested for their quality and usefulness, Mr Odhiambo said.
The
MD said NPK fertiliser being sent to farmers was appropriate for maize
and paddy production. We plan to send to farmers some 12,500 tons based
on conditions and requirements that have been laid down, he said,
adding that farmers would also be given agronomic support.
Mr
Odhiambo praised President John Magufulis government for attaching
value to Yara initiative and giving the company full cooperation in
implementing the initiative. He said Yara Tanzania has received support
of the government since it was started 15 years ago, adding that the
company has implemented several project with the support of the
government.
The global
Norwegian company in June launched an initiative known Action Africa.
It says the initiatives goal is to mobilise support for 250,000
smallholder farmers in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia,
Rwanda and Kenya. Some 40,000 metric tons would be distributed to
farmers to triple maize production in those countries.
In Tanzania, 83,000 smallholders are projected to receive the fertilisers after meeting application conditions.
Prime Minister launched fertiliser delivery exercise on October 11, this year.
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