More than 30 agricultural technologies are expected to be exhibited by the Tanaznia Agricultural Research Institute(TARI) in Uyole, Mbeya with the aim of providing education to farmers and increasing the grain and vegetable production.
Speaking to Journalists, the Director General for TARI-Uyole, Dr Tulole Bucheyeki said the exhibition aims to help farmers by providing them with modern farming technologies to be applied in vegetable and grain crops.
He said the 30 technologies to be exhibited would bring positive impacts to farmers and eventually transform the whole sector.
The director added: “the institute has developed new technologies to specific crops including maize, beans, sunflowers, nuts, spinach, onions, cassava, tomatoes and carrots, all these efforts aims to help farmers earn more in their undertakings.”
Dr Bucheyeki said the agricultural technology exhibition started last year, saying that every farmer who visits the exhibition will add the number of productivity due to good agricultural knowledge that will be provided.
For his part, TARI agricultural officer Boniphace Minja said the institute has invested much of its efforts in conducting more researches so as to come up with best seeds technologies which goes in line with the climate change.
The official advised farmers to adhere to best agricultural procedures advised by the experts for them to harvest bumper harvests.
TARI as a semi-autonomous body under the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for all agricultural research activities conducted by the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in the country.
The institute aim to contribute and increase agricultural productivity through development and deployment of improved agricultural knowledge and technologies by adopting innovation systems approach.
TARI is generating and promoting application of knowledge in agricultural technologies as catalyst of change in achieving agricultural productivity, food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and economic growth involving stakeholders in the country and global community.
