Tanzania: Lindi farmers eye commercial cassava farming
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게시됨 2023년 5월 23일
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Lindi — FARMERS in Lindi Region are planning to start commercial cassava farming by using improved varieties to generate more profit from their farms.
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The plan comes after they were mobilised through a farming training on a field grown with eight improved cassava varieties at Kiwalala Ward, Mtama District in Lindi Region. The farmers had gone to study about quality characteristics of the improved cassava varieties that have been developed by Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Naliendele Centre. "Basing on what I have learnt on this field training, I am thinking of beginning commercial cassava farming from the next season," says Bendita Mkanga a farmer at Mtama District. The farmer said the improved cassava varieties grown at the field are of high quality compared to the old local varieties widely used at the area. "We have seen that the improved cassava varieties mature quickly, they give more yields and they are not easily attacked by diseases," she said. Mkanga and the rest of the farmers in the area have been growing cassava without profit due to poor farming techniques. "Most of us farmers use old local ...