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Mtama
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Mtama is a locally adapted sorghum variety widely grown across Tanzania for its resilience, food security value, and cultural significance in traditional beer (pombe) production.
Key features
- Traditional sorghum variety
- Drought tolerant and low input responsive
- Used for food, traditional brewing, and fodder
- Good tillering and bird resistant types available
- Thrives in marginal soils
Benefits
- Reliable in semi-arid zones
- Dual-purpose: grain and stover
- Low production cost
- Enhances household nutrition
Usage instructions
- Plant at 75 cm × 20 cm spacing
- Sow at onset of rains
- Apply minimal fertilizer or manure
- Harvest when grains harden and panicles dry