adminThe plant uses acid to separate cottonseed and lint.
Quton acquired the plant early this year as it sought to meet the ever-growing demand for seed cotton in the Southern Africa region.
The only cotton seed company in Zimbabwe, Quton breeds, processes and markets to largely smallholder sectors in the region.
Tanzania invited the company to multiply seed in that country.
Quton managing director Mr Edworks Mhandu said the plant was already in Tanzania.
“Things did not go the way we thought they would but work is just about to be completed.
“The machine is on site in containers and apart from the delay everything is running quite smoothly,” he said.
Mr Mhandu said technicians from China were expected in two weeks’ time to start fitting.
“Installation of the pant will be completed within four weeks,” he said.
The plant would have an installed capacity of 15 000 tonnes of cotton seed per year.
To date, the company has made inroads in countries like Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania, where it has been awarded a seven-year exclusive multiplication agreement.
Quton is currently pumping between 2 000 and 3 000 tonnes of cotton seed into the region annually.
Africa produces about one million tonnes of cotton annually out of the 26 million tonnes global output.
Over 27 million people are employed directly or indirectly in the cotton value chain on the continent. — New Ziana.
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