AVOCADO PRODUCTION SKYROCKETS BY 400 Pc IN MTC

Tarehe ya kuwekwa: May 16th, 2024

By Alex Nelson Malanga

Information Officer----Mbinga TC

Mbinga. Avocado production in Mbinga Town Council (MTC) has gone sky-high by 400 percent in a space of three years, official data show.

MTC head of the Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing department, Mr. Enock Ndunguru, said on Thursday, May 16 this year that avocado production jumped to 40 tonnes in the 2023 harvest season.

This, he went further to expound, is in comparison to eight tonnes quoted during the first harvest season--------the year 2021.

Mr. Ndunguru attributed the promising performance to an enabling environment created by the government to encourage more farmers to get involved in avocado production. 

“Avocado production area in Mbinga Town Council has increased from 80 hectares in 2021 to the current 182 hectares, this is encouraging indeed,” asserted Mr. Ndunguru.  

Apart from being a source of income to farmers, avocado is an environmentally friendly.