Tanzania: Prisons rely on advanced farming techniques to maximize yields

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Morogoro-Tanzania Prison Service has started using cutting-edge farming techniques to maximize yields while reducing costs and growing time.
Agricultural technology based on the Mzuri system is based on a direct seeder capable of performing multiple operations in one single pass of her, including nursery bed preparation, fertilization, seeding and compaction.
According to Mzuri Africa, the system uses a tractor that performs multiple passes so that in an hour he cultivates 5 to 7 acres if the farm is level.
Shahban Mugonja, managing director of Muzuri Africa, said on Monday that his 200-acre prison service in Wami Ku, his farm tractor, has been in use since he is currently four weeks old. Said to complete the cultivation process.
Mgonja said: “The significant drop in demand also applies to labor and capital spending.”
He said the borers only cultivate a small area, leaving the rest of the area untouched and left to nature.
The head of Morogoro Prison, Dr. Wilson Lugamba, said Monday that the Wami Kuu Agricultural Prison has decided to introduce the technology to maize and sunflowers in order to maximize production at a reasonable cost.
“Previously, we used traditional tractors, which took a lot of time and manpower, but the new technology saves us a lot of time and effort. Lugamba testing the technology.
At the Wami Kuu Prison, using machines he cultivates 200 hectares of fields. Of these, he grows 100 hectares of high quality maize and 100 hectares of sunflowers.
He said the seeds are placed in precise close contact with the aerated, moist, fine and friable soil, providing ideal conditions for quick and easy germination. Additionally, the Mzuri system, available in 41 countries, encourages the use of previous crop residues left on the surface that provide nutrients to the soil’s living ecosystem.
Microorganisms slowly return organic matter to the soil, breaking it down into humus and readily available nutrients.The most effective use of straw, the presence of surface litter, greatly improves soil structure and fertility. To do.
In addition, Muzuri seeders can sow with a choice of narrow or wide row spacing, making them extremely versatile and suitable for working with a wide variety of crops.