Lima Africa Company Limited is an agricultural seed company established in 2019 and headquartered in Tabora, Tanzania. It produces certified seeds for groundnut and sunflower, as well as basic seeds for cassava. The company works with outgrowers and model farmers across 12 districts in 5 regions to produce and promote improved farming technologies. For the 2020-2021 season, Lima Africa plans to plant 1 acre each of the groundnut varieties Mangaka and Mnanje, with the goal of harvesting 5 and 2 tons respectively. It will hold demonstrations of these varieties in the target districts, with an expected 40 demonstrations of Mangaka yielding 8-10 kg per plot and 60 demonstrations of Mnanje yielding 6-8 kg

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