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How do you sell your harvest in a remote area?
Alizetics, our social business that buys sunflower seeds from smallholder farmers in Tanzania has 21 buying centers. Transport is in the remote north of the country always a challenge. These local centers make it a lot easier for farmers to sell their yield.
E-mail from Tanzania
Paul Singleton is senior project manager water for ICS in Tanzania. Via e-mail he keeps the office in the Netherlands up to date on the progress of the water project in Maganzo en Masagala. Paul: "The technical design is now finished, at the beginning of May all pipes have to be installed."
Seeing is believing
Agrics Tanzania, one of ICS' social businesses, has started with the set up of a new demonstration plot this week. To show smallholder farmers the differences in output whenever they use cerfified seeds and fertilizer.