Zambian Fertilizer, a blending plant under the Export Trading Group – ETG contracted to ensure distribution of farming inputs across the country has Confirmed that they have delivered over 60% of both basal and top dressing fertilizers to the four targeted provinces namely Luapula, Western, Central and Copperbelt.
Company Country Head Rajendran Ganapathi said Zambian Fertiliser remains committed to delivering 100% of its given target within the contractual timeline.
According to information made available to the Zambian Business Times-ZBT, Ganapathi said he is positive that just like the 2020/2021 farming season where the company managed to deliver farming inputs on time as per contractual delivery timeline, this year will not be different.
Ganapathi said this development has cheered government as the early delivery of inputs will enable timely distribution of inputs to the farmers.
Zambia has registered another bumper harvest in the 2020/2021 cropping season which has recorded notable increase in maize and other key commodities.
ETG in 2017 commissioned the construction of a state-of-the-art blending facility – Zambian Fertilizers in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone. The main purpose of the plant was to increase the company’s capacity to blend more fertilisers to meet the increasing demand of both local and international markets.
The Zambian Fertilizer plant was commissioned on 15 December 2017. It was envisaged to increase production from the current 80 tonnes per day at ETG’s old plant which was located along Mukwa Road to 350 tonnes per day. The plant produces blended fertilizers which are then distributed to different provinces blended to the approved levels.
