GROUNDNUTS PROCESSING

Groundnuts are grown in parts of Tanzania below 1,500 m altitude. The most important growing regions are Dodoma, Mtwara, Tabora, Shinyanga, Kigoma and Mwanza. The two main groundnut growing zones have different rainfall amounts and in distribution during the growing season.

Dodoma region is an agricultural economy region, one of the main crops being groundnuts with an estimated average production of 240,000 tons per annum. Main input in groundnut production is seeds, usually grown without application of fertilizers. It is grown entirely under rain fed condition as intercrops with cereals, cassava or other crops. Increased production and improved marketing of groundnut oil creates a substantial opportunity for increased income and improved welfare of small farmers. Groundnut oil is relatively easy to produce with a small investment into machinery. Groundnut oil is excellent for human use as is low in cholesterol and increased production of groundnut oil and groundnut products reduces the dependency of imported vegetable oil.

The DEKO Enterprises cultivate groundnuts between cashews lines during rainy season in order to increase the farm Production and increase the edible oil in the country. It processes field groundnut into cooking oil in which their useful in human body since they have low cholesterol, moreover DEKO enterprises manufacture peanut butter in a sealed package which can be used in cooking activities. All peanut butter can be used in bread during breakfast thus tastier and you can purchase from us sucks or a suck of field groundnut for more purposes like cultivation seed and many other purposes.