By Friday Simbaya, Njombe
SOYBEANS farmers in the Southern Highlands regions have been advised to use simple technology for processing their crops which will add value to their products and raise the income from soybeans production.
For so long farmers have been selling soybeans as unfinished goods or raw materials which deprive economic benefits of raising income from soybeans production which force them to sell it (soybeans) at a throw away price.
Hosanna Ngonyani is one of the local products processor told the Guardian yesterday and explained how soybeans is cultivated and the products resulting from soya beans including milk production, cakes, cupcakes and animal feeds has begun to keep pace but there have been numerous obstacles of lack of reliable market for the crop.
According to an international non-profit agricultural research- for-development (R4D) organization called International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the N2 Africa project has launched a women training program for farmers in regions of southern highlands on how to process soybeans products using simple technology to help raise the income of farmers.
Serapia Muhanji-Coordinator of Soybeans legume is money project from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) said due to lack of market of soybeans in the country farmers were unable to raise the income from soybeans production.
“N2 Africa is the project of Putting Nitrogen to work for smallholder farmers in Africa,” said the coordinator.
The N2AFRICA project is a large scale, science-based “research-in-development” project focused on putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers growing legume crops in Africa.
IITA is an international non-profit agricultural research- for-development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium through its global Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security ... International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
On his part, Agricultural officer for Njombe Town Council, Ernest Ngaponda the market of soya exist in neighboring Zambia and Malawi were there are various processing plants for soya.
He said that denies farmers a reliable and urged them to learn how to add value for their processed products
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