191:(RRI) and FOMI to present results and recommendations from research on the new organo-Mineral fertilizers. The new formulas used different combininations of the three fertlizers, FOMI Imbura, FOMI-Bagara and FOMI Totahaza, with recommended amounts per hectare. These fertilizers all contained 50% organic matter (manure) to boost calcium, magnesium, and potassium, plus the minerals nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in different proportions. Further research would be needed for lands in Imbo and
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February 2019 with 250 employees. Six months later there were about 500 employees, of whom 400 were contract workers, and the factory was producing 150 to 200 tonnes per day.
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was complaining about lack of FOMI fertilizer. Although the stocks allocated to
Bubanza were available, lack of fuel was affecting transportation to the province. The delegation was also able to view the manufacturing process and dispel the rumours that the fertilizer is made from sand and rice. In
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Director General of FOMI noted that in the previous year FOMI met demand and delivered over 24,000 tons on time. For the 2023–2024 season 39,047 tons of Imbura fertilizer had been requested, and 25,285 tons had been produced already. He defended delivery of Totahaza fertilizer for crops
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other then rice, for which urea would be used. He admitted that lime production was very low because machinery spare parts had not been delivered due to lack of foreign currency. The factory was being expanded first to meet domestic demand, and second to obtain foreign currency through exports.
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Given the dependence of
Burundi on agriculture, any change to the inputs could have serious effects. Until 2019 all crop fertilization formulas in Burundi were based on chemical (mineral) formulas. Use of FOMI organo-mineral fertilizers in Burundi began in 2019. There were questions about the
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FOMI was founded by a businessman who was engaged in importing and distributing mineral fertilizers to meet a need for fertilizers in
Burundi that were economical and did not have to be imported. ITRACOM Fertilizers LTD (IFL) is a subsidiary of FOMI Fertilizers that distributes organo-mineral
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fertilizers in
Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was established by the International Trading Company (ITRACOM) and operates under ITRACOM Holdings.
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that are not acidic and can easily be irrigated, and for waterlogged soils used to grow rice. Research was also being done on new export crops:
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