Tanzania: Isles spices project provides vanilla seeds to 50 farmers in Pemba

Presenting the seeds, Assistant Agricultural Officer for the two ‘shehias’ Hamad Mwitani said they are handed out following the completion of special training for farmers on better farming practices. He said 50 farmers benefitted from the seeds handout, hence each farmer received 100 vanilla seeds for planting in their farms. One of the seeds recipients, Maryam Hamad Sharif, said following to what they have been trained on modern farming practices would use seeds on her farm to increase the crop’s production in the Isles. Another recipient, Rashid Abdalla Salum, thanked the Zanzibar Spices and Horticulture Project for recognizing challenges faced by farmers and providing them with the seeds since for a long time they had been lacking quality vanilla seeds. “I pledge that I will do all my best to increase vanilla production and I will call agricultural experts to inspect my crops to see how I will be faring,” he added. Earlier, Pemba Community Forests Managing Director, Mbarouk ...