1.
PROFILE OF LIMA AFRICA COMPANY
1. Company name Lima Africa Company Limited
2. Year of
creation/Initiation:
May, 2019:
Promote efficient/best farming technologies by working in partnership with
farmers, government, research, NGOs and commercial entities
3. Management Team Mr. Romanus Mwakimata (Managing Director-Msc. Agricultural and Applied
Economics); Mr. Thomas Mwakimata (Co-director, Msc. Finance).
4. HQ and contacts
(physical, email and
phone):
Tabora Municipal, P. O. Box 884, Tabora Tanzania, Post code 45111,
Phone :(+255) 621 720 949, Email : limaafrica4@gmail.com
5. Crops involved Producing agricultural seeds; Groundnut, sunflower and cassava
6. Geographical covered
(list of districts per
region):
Tabora (4 districts), Katavi (3 districts), Kigoma (3 districts), Shinyanga (1
district) and Mwanza (1 district)
7. Production scheme
(self and out growers):
Company farm and out-growers
8. Seed classes you
produce:
Certified seed for groundnut, and basic seed for cassava
9. Overall seed
production capacity, Year
2020:
10 tons
10. Current production
capacity per crop, Year
2020:
Groundnut 5 tons and sunflower 3 tons of certified seed; cassava-100,000
cuttings
11. Sales: Use of agro-dealers, youth groups for direct sells to farmers
12. Partners: Out-growers, model farmers in villages, agro-dealers, processors & buyers of
farm products, national and international research organization, NGOs
13. Key challenges: - Operation capital to contract more farmers in growing seeds
- Lack of facilities to process and store seeds (currently hired)
Website - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lima-africa-company-limited-4174321b1/

2.
LIMA AFRICA COMPANY LIMITED
Production and awareness creation plan for 2020-2021 season
Crop Variety Seed class Estimated
acreage (Acres)
Estimated amount
to harvest (tons)
# demos
intended
Expected yield for
demos
Expected districts
for demos
Groundnut Mangaka Certified 1 15 5 tons 40 8-10 kilograms of
shelled groundnut
4
Groundnut Mnanje Certified 1 5 2 tons 60 6-8 kilograms of
shelled groundnut
6
Districts to be included (10 Districts)
Tabora Region: Sikonge, Urambo, Kaliua, Nzega
Katavi Region: Mlele, Nsimbo
Kigoma: Kasulu, Uvinza
Shinyanga: Kahama, Ushetu
Mwanza: Misungwi and any other to be identified
Main implementer: Selected model farmers
Supervisor: Regional and District Agricultural Departments
Number of demo plot per district: At least 10 with the size of 10*10 meter square
Seed requirement for all demonstration plots; 80 kilograms for Mangaka seed and 120 kilograms for Mnanje seed