Posted on January, 29, 2019 at 08:14 am
SMALLHOLDER farmers from Manyara district of Manyara region have been urged to make use of knowledge gained at GS Agro demonstration plots to improve their productivity.
Manyara Regional Assistant Regional Administrative Secretary, Coletha Shayo said while inaugurating the exercise last weekend that smallholder farmers should use the GS Agro demonstration plot training to graduate to become commercial farmers.
“Use this opportunity to learn new farming practices which will improve quality and quantity of your commodities,” Shayo said while commending GS Agro and Kibo Seeds for organising the event.
“Pay attention to the types of seeds and fertilizers that you use in your farming business to increase your incomes but also contribute to economic growth,” she noted while pointing out that the two private companies are implementing government’s agro-modernization policy.
Speaking at the same event, GSM Tanzania Limited’s Chief Commercial Officer, Remmy Nindi said GS Agro which is their subsidiary and Kibo Seeds want to play a role in commercialization of smallholder farming in the country.
“As importers and suppliers of hybrid seeds and fertilizers, GS Agro and Kibo Seeds want to be agents of change in improving farming in the country,” Nindi said.
“Our objective today is to interact with farmers and make sensitize them on how best can fertilizer be applied in the farm so that they get better yields,” he added.
The Dar es Salaam based company has already done similar field training exercises in Arusha, Mbeya and Singida regions but will also cover other regions countrywide.
Kibo Seeds Sales Coordinator, Hassan Kimweri said in a few days to come, the company will partner with NMB Bank Plc and Tanzania Agriculture Development Bank to offer hybrid seeds on credit to farmers.
“This is all aimed at ensuring that smallholder farmers have access to credit to modernise their farming and boost incomes,” said Kiweri.
Source: Daily News