New fertiliser to boost smallholder farmers productivity
Dar es Salaam, March 28 -- MOROGORO: THE Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) 400m/- worth research project on new fertiliser is set to improve soil productivity and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the country.
According to a researcher from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Department of Soil and Geological Science, Mr Damiano Kwaslema, “The new fertiliser (Bio-Rock) will promote faster, healthier, sustained growth for all plants and bring relief to farmers.” He added, “We looked at microbes capable of dissolving phosphorus to make a fertiliser formulation with a mixture of rocks and microbes” Mr Kwaslema revealed this during a visit by the COSTECH team and journalists at SUA t...
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