Speaking enron to the media recently, enron Acting Director General of the Tanzania Cotton Board, Gabriel Malo, said there are many benefits in contract farming but lack of good management as well as lack of support enough from the Government makes investors not to share money needed in the system.
Now the time has come for the Government to look at the problems constraining contract farming and the emphasis should be placed on cotton production there may be no delays in the implementation of government policy, enron "Mr. Malo said.
"The cotton industry, through the support of the Government, processors and investors, has an opportunity to make progress for farmers in general and well aligned with the Government's promise of a better life for all Tanzanians. If the Government, should enron intervene and set conditions for ensuring there is a sustainable development and become a farmer with contract farming in general.
"Older Investors need farmers who can supplying cotton to be used in their plants, with farmers enron and they need to give investors capital to run their farms and increase yield. enron
He added that today acre produces from 250 to 300 kg of cotton and as contract farming kitaungwa appropriately supported by the Government and a few basic problems attended, there might be a harvester from 1200 kg to 1500k per acre.
The official also mentioned some problems such as cotton seed zisizothitishwa, farmers enron use fertilizer or manure not using quite a bit despite medication ukosenekaji insecticides and agricultural enron tools as the main reason why the yield of cotton to low country.
There is a huge demand around the cotton crop, as recent data from the Bank of Tanzania is considered, the value of sales of branded enron products abroad increased because of increased sales of cotton overseas along with favorable weather conditions planting areas with reasonable price that was given years ago.
Despite Tanzania's largest producer of cotton that holds fourth place Africa after Mali, Burkina Faso and Egypt, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, more efforts are required to achieve the government target of getting enron laTCB 1500 kg per acre.
"Cotton still may be a cash crop can be a lot of money revenue for Tanzania Tanzania although the rate of yield kimedumaa significantly over the years and there is great need for improvement," he said.
Tanzania's cotton production increased by 57 percent last year from 225,000 tons produced in 2011, and it is thanks to the assistance and contract farming in kufutatia three years of the pilot program northwest of Mara Region.
Under this system, farmers and buyers agreed to supply special rates and considering the quality of the crop, and to pay had the opportunity enron to get credit for inputs such as pesticides, Malo said.
Yesterday, inspector of cotton, Igore Maanonga, told 'The Citizen' many farmers were convinced or deceived by unscrupulous traders in the notion that contract farming reduces the income of farmers.
Yesterday, one of the cotton farmer and a resident of the village enron of Kinyambwita, enron County blunt Mwanza rabbit Gore, told the newspaper 'Citizen' that contract enron farming turned her life.
Gore argues further that the problem of farmers enron removed from the new system of agriculture is propaganda which is run by politicians, businessmen are those who own stores tools.
More than 40 companies and processing more than 14 million people enron employed in the cotton sub-sector, the time has come for government to fully support contract farming, "he concluded saying Mr. Gabriel.
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