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Profile of Agriseed Technologies company LTD
1. PROFILE OF AGRISEED SEED TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LTD
1. Commercial name: Agriseed Technologies
2. Year of creation/Initiation: December 2008
3. Managing team: - Board of Directors
- Managing Director
- Director of Seed Production
- Director of Research and Development
4. HQ and contacts (physical, email and phone):
Dr. A. Mbwaga, Morogoro, P.O. Box 6560 Morogoro, Tanzania and Branch in Mbeya P.O. Box 3688,
Mbeya, agriseed.tech08@gmail.com (private: ambwaga@gmail.com), Phone: +255754467284
5. Crops involved: Maize, Sorghum, Rice, Soya, Sunflower and common beans
6. Geographical coverage (list of districts per region):
- Mbeya (Chunya, Mbeya DC, Mbarali)
- Songwe (Mbozi, Momba and Songwe districts)
- Katavi (Tanganyika, Nsimbo, Mlele)
- Ruvuma (Songea DC, Namtumbo)
- Iringa (Iringa DC, Mufind and Kilolo)
- Morogoro (Morogoro DC, Kilosa, Mvomero and Gailo)
7. Production scheme (self and out-growers): 60% own production and 40% through contract growers
8. Seed classes produced by the company: Breeder, pre- basic, basic and certified seeds
9. Overall seed production capacity: 400MT
10. Current production capacity per crop: Sorghum 5%, Maize 60%, soya 20%, common beans 5%, sunflower 10%
2. 11. Sales: Direct from the Company godown, farmer groups, NGOs and through Agro-dealers
12. Partners: TARI, ADB Mbozi, ASA
13. Key Challenges: - Availability of land
- Production of EGS
- Promotion new varieties
- Marketing of seed
14. Website (if you have): www.agriseedtz.com
