A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM TARI UKIRIGURU RECENTLY PAYED THEIR VISIT AT ITRACOM FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING COMPAMY BASED IN DODOMA CITY.
- 6th April, 2024 12:15
- By DAUSON.MALELA
- News
Dr.Paul S. Saidia (Director of TARI Ukiriguru center and the national coordinator
of cotton crop) accompanied by a team of researchers, early April 4,2024
visited the fertilizer manufacturing company well known as "ITRACOM"
based in Dodoma - Nara Industrial area. While at the factory, they managed to
meet with the management of the company where they met Dr. Kenneth F. Masuki (ITRACOM-Deputy
Managing Director), Dr. Nestory Maduhu (Director of human resources) and Dr.
Ntukamazina Nepomuscene (Director of research and innovation).
The
researchers had the opportunity to negotiate with the management of the factory
in the area of making partnership to facilitate the availability of fertilizer
with the right nutrients for the cotton crop despite the fertilizers produced
in the factory, which are FOMI-Otesha, FOMO-Kuzia and FOMI-Nenepesha.
The
Deputy Director of the factory, Dr. Kenneth F. Masuki said" We are ready
to cooperate with TARI Ukiriguru in the area of fertilizer according to the
needs of the cotton crop. We are also ready to visit the center so that we
develop a protocol for fertilizer trial farmers and later to establish trial
farms in the sites that will be agreed on”. He added by saying that currently
the factory has the capacity to produce 400,000 tons of fertilizer per year and
the goal is to produce 1,000,000 tons of fertilizer by June 2024.
On
his part, the Center Director of the TARI-Ukiriguru thanked the management of
ITRACOM for being ready to cooperate with TARI Ukiriguru to facilitate the
availability of fertilizer that matches the needs of the cotton crop in all its
stages of growth. Lastly, he asked them to arrive early at TARI-Ukiriguru to
enable the process to start as early as possible.