Guavay promotes sustainable agriculture

In 2014, four students came together with a vision to help their country's agricultural future. Mr. Ahad Katera's agricultural background fueled a special interest in supporting farmers (SHF). Despite government programs, SHFs still faced challenges accessing affordable inputs like fertilizers, seeds, and chemicals, resulting in low yields, diseases, land erosion, and loss of biodiversity.

In 2017, this sparked the birth of Guavay Company Ltd (GCL), focusing on developing organic fertilizer products for Tanzania's agricultural business. Through extensive research, GCL became the leading provider of "in-house developed" fertilizers, enabling significant yield increase and soil restoration. With a newly introduced semi-automated blending machine and upcoming lab, GCL aims to scale up production and maintain consistent product quality while providing enhanced customer service and support.

GCL's dedication extends beyond products, offering extensive support, training, and technical assistance to agro dealers and farmers, that are supported by their well experienced sales and technical staff. With strong partnerships with government organizations, farmer cooperatives, and research institutions, GCL is deeply integrated into the national agricultural ecosystem.

GCL's project also tackles the issue of uncontrolled organic waste, creating a closed environmental cycle. Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) awareness and access to correct inputs are vital for Small Holder Farmers’ (SHF) future in agriculture, ensuring higher yields, sustainability, and improved livelihoods; targets and impacts which this project will create once supported further.