ETG is famous in Zambia for supplying a wide variety of crop farming inputs and livestock products to farmers. ETG set foot in Zambia in 2003 and since then, the company has structured a business operation to support the whole agricultural value chain. This has been made possible through specialised companies within the ETG group from agricultural inputs supply, commodity buying and processing into finished products.

This structure is meant to support smallholder farmer production, access to markets for commodities, adding value and increased consumption of local products with job creation overall. Every serious farmer knows about ETG, because ETG is synonymous with good yields.

ETG Agri Inputs Zambia Ltd is part of the ETG Inputs Holding Co Ltd headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In Zambia, the Fertilizer and Agri Inputs vertical of ETG is operating as ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd, a company registered in Zambia and located on Plot No 8087, Chinika, off Mumbwa Road, Lusaka, Zambia. The Fertilizer and Agri Inputs vertical in Zambia covers Zambian Fertilizers Ltd as a subsidiary of ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd, as well as Farmarama and is managed by the same Zambia senior management team in Lusaka.

ETG Agrochemicals

Apart from fertilisers, ETG supplies agro-chemicals including herbicides, insecticides (synthetics and botanical) fungicides, grain protectors/fumigants and animal dip.

Zambian Fertilizers

Meanwhile, Zambian Fertilizers Ltd Company was originally established within Zambia in June, 2004. It was operating independently and later became a subsidiary of ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd in Zambia. Since then, Zambian Fertilizers Ltd Brand has been trading under ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd. It specialises in blended fertilisers, which incorporate nine vital nutrients for most soil types.

The primary elements and micro-nutrients are blended to meet specific needs of the customers before being bagged and distributed to customers through ETG’s extensive two-way supply chain. Under the Zambian Fertilizers Brand, ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd produces blended fertilisers which are;

• crop specific;
• soil specific;
• lime enriched; and
• organic matter enriched.

The blended fertilisers are produced at their recently established plant in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone situated on Plot F10723, Chifwema Road. ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd also deals in other renowned fertiliser brands, to wit Falcon and Kynoch.

Falcon

Under the Falcon brand, ETG supplies nitrogen fertiliser, urea (prilled/granular), calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, phosphate fertiliser, di-ammonium phosphate, single super phosphate, triple super phosphate, mono ammonium phosphate, potash fertiliser, muriate of potash and sulphate of potash.

Kynoch

In 2014, the group acquired Kynoch Fertilizer; a well-established household South African brand which manufactures and distributes products throughout the Southern African region. Kynoch has added significant capacity and expertise to the group, particularly for meeting large-scale commercial farmers’ requirements. It blends a wide range of fertilisers and agro-chemicals along with offering specialised agronomy services. Under the Kynoch brand, ETG produces specialised crop growth fertilisers: Soya Oemff, Veggie Oemff, Wheat Oemff, Mielie Oemff, Kyno Pop, Kyno plus Urea, Sugar Oemff, Pasture Oemff and CAN.

ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd/Zambian Fertilizers Ltd distribution network

The Small-Scale Supply Chain is the biggest operation the company is undertaking, covering over 45 depots countrywide. At their head office, the Small Scale Business is headed by Business Development Managers.

From head office, the business is divided into regions namely: Southern Province, Eastern Province, Central/Copperbelt/North-Western Provinces, Western Province, Lusaka Province and Muchinga/Northern/Luapula Provinces, each headed by a regional manager. The regions consist of a number of depots each. The regional managers are supported by staff in the depots comprising a depot manager, sales assistant and field extension officer.

ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd, together with its subsidiary, Zambian Fertilizers Ltd, continues to expand and increase support to the agricultural sector in the country through its many agricultural related activities.

The names of the expert sales agronomists from ETG Inputs Zambia Ltd Chinika and their contact details are: Siankoni Zulu – 097-747-7536, Peter Malisawa – 096-428-9523, Richard Chisenga – 096-983-3407