Don’t raise fertiliser prices, warns Tizeba
The Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Dr Charles Tizeba
What you need to know:
- Dr Tizeba was speaking during the tour of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation at Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) in Iringa and Njombe Regions.
Njombe. The Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Dr Charles Tizeba, has warned against fertiliser speculators who have been defying the government’s indicative price, saying the government will not tolerate the vice anymore.
Dr Tizeba was speaking during the tour of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation at Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) in Iringa and Njombe Regions.
He said the government has released fertiliser indicative prices under which farmers would be supplied DAP at a price not more than Sh56,000 and UREA at a price which does not exceed Sh48,000.
He insisted that any farmer who would be sold these fertilisers above this price should report to a nearby police station.
“We have decided to put these fertilisers in a bulk procurement system and we have put indicative prices so that dealers can adhere to government directives, we call upon district commissioners and all government leaders to play their supervisory role in making sure those indicative prices are observed,” he said.
He told the leaders of Njombe Outgrowers Service Company (NOSC) there will be no excuse in implementing the directive.
