Changamka · Chemba District · Dodoma Region · Tanzania
Entrex Limited Company is developing Changamka Farm into a modern, rainfed production and research farm — maize and sunflower at scale, tested cropping techniques, and machinery services for the farmers around us.
Entrex Limited Company inaendeleza Shamba la Changamka kuwa shamba la kisasa la uzalishaji na utafiti linalotegemea mvua — mahindi na alizeti kwa kiwango kikubwa, mbinu za kilimo zilizojaribiwa, na huduma za mitambo kwa wakulima wanaotuzunguka.
01 — Who we areSisi ni nani
Entrex Limited Company was incorporated in Tanzania to build one thing properly: a productive, well-documented farm in a semi-arid district where most land is still worked by hand. Our shareholders bring water engineering, agronomy, production engineering and manufacturing management to the same table — with an age span of more than three decades between the oldest and the youngest.
Entrex Limited Company ilisajiliwa Tanzania kwa lengo moja: kujenga shamba lenye tija na kumbukumbu nzuri katika wilaya kame ambapo ardhi nyingi bado inalimwa kwa mkono. Wanahisa wetu wanaunganisha ujuzi wa uhandisi wa maji, agronomia, uhandisi wa uzalishaji na uongozi wa viwanda — na tofauti ya umri ya zaidi ya miaka thelathini kati ya mkubwa na mdogo.
That is deliberate. A generational project needs both the experience to avoid old mistakes and the time horizon to let soil, machinery and people mature together.
Hilo ni kwa makusudi. Mradi wa vizazi unahitaji uzoefu wa kuepuka makosa ya zamani na pia muda mrefu ili udongo, mitambo na watu wakue pamoja.
More about the company and its people →Zaidi kuhusu kampuni na watu wake →
02 — What we doTunafanya nini
Rainfed maize and sunflower as the commercial core, grown in a four-year rotation with cowpea and sorghum. Harvest is delivered in standard bags — 100 kg for maize, 70 kg for sunflower.
Mahindi na alizeti ya mvua ni msingi wa biashara, yanalimwa katika mzunguko wa miaka minne pamoja na kunde na mtama. Mavuno yanatolewa kwa magunia ya kawaida — kilo 100 kwa mahindi, kilo 70 kwa alizeti.
Trial plots of 1 to 5 acres compare tillage methods, varieties, spacing, mulching and rotations under real Chemba conditions — not in a laboratory.
Politi za majaribio za ekari 1 hadi 5 zinapima mbinu za kulima, mbegu, nafasi za mimea, matandazo na mizunguko katika hali halisi ya Chemba — sio maabara.
As the machinery fleet grows, we plan to carry out field work for neighbouring farmers — above all bush clearing with a heavy-duty rotary slasher.
Kadri mitambo yetu inaongezeka, tunakusudia kufanya kazi za shamba kwa wakulima wa jirani — hasa kufyeka vichaka kwa slasher nzito inayozunguka.
03 — The placeMahali
The farm sits on the semi-arid central plateau, where rain falls in a single season between November/December and April/May. Soils are grey sandy shale-derived material with mbuga clays in the lower ground, over a Cenozoic sequence of shales, quartzites, gneisses and granitic rock.
Shamba lipo katika uwanda wa kati wenye ukame, ambapo mvua hunyesha msimu mmoja kati ya Novemba/Desemba na Aprili/Mei. Udongo ni wa kichanga wa kijivu unaotokana na mawe laini, pamoja na udongo wa mbuga sehemu za chini, juu ya mfumo wa Cenozoic wa shale, quartzite, gneiss na granite.
Wind erosion in the dry season is the main threat to that soil. Mulch and permanent ground cover are therefore not a preference here — they are the basic condition for farming the site at all.
Mmomonyoko wa upepo wakati wa kiangazi ni tishio kuu kwa udongo huo. Kwa hiyo matandazo na kifuniko cha ardhi si hiari — ni sharti la msingi la kulima eneo hili.
Location, geology, soils and water →Mahali, jiolojia, udongo na maji →
04 — How we farmTunalima vipi
In a district with 500–800 mm of rain in one season, every litre of water and every litre of diesel counts. Our plan moves from minimal tillage to strip-till, keeps residue on the surface, and builds a rotation that pays for itself in nitrogen and disease control.
Katika wilaya inayopata milimita 500–800 za mvua msimu mmoja, kila lita ya maji na kila lita ya dizeli ni muhimu. Mpango wetu unatoka kwenye kulima kidogo hadi kulima kwa mistari (strip-till), unaacha mabaki juu ya udongo, na unatumia mzunguko unaojirudishia gharama kwa nitrojeni na udhibiti wa magonjwa.
05 — Beyond our own fieldsZaidi ya mashamba yetu
Every trial plot is deliberately small — between one and five acres — so that the result can be copied by a family farm without a tractor. We record inputs, labour hours, rainfall and yield for each plot and share the comparison in plain language.
Kila politi ya majaribio ni ndogo kwa makusudi — kati ya ekari moja na tano — ili matokeo yaweze kufuatwa na shamba la familia lisilo na trekta. Tunaandika pembejeo, saa za kazi, mvua na mavuno ya kila politi na tunashiriki matokeo kwa lugha rahisi.
Research plots, services and roadmap →Politi za utafiti, huduma na mpango wa maendeleo →
Whether you are considering an investment, looking for maize or sunflower volumes, or supplying machinery and inputs — write to us or send a WhatsApp message.
Kama unafikiria kuwekeza, unatafuta mahindi au alizeti, au unauza mitambo na pembejeo — tuandikie au tutumie ujumbe wa WhatsApp.