Our mission
To help every farmer protect their crops and secure their harvests, through quality products, sound advice and practices that are safe for people and the environment.
About us
Making farming easier, close to farmers
BonAgro provides African farmers with reliable crop protection solutions, backed by local technical advice.
Our group
BonAgro, a Xingfa Group company
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Xingfa Group develops and manufactures a full range of phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers.
For our products, distributors and technical advice, your contact remains the BonAgro team in your country.
Xingfa Group at a glance
- Legal name
- Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Yichang, Hubei, China
- Listing
- Shanghai Stock Exchange since 1999 (code 600141)
- Business
- Phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers
Visit the Xingfa Group website (opens in a new window)
Source: the group's official website (English version), xingfagroup.com
Parent company · Yichang, China
Africa · six countries
BonAgro Tanzania
Our presence in Tanzania
From its Dar es Salaam office, BonAgro Tanzania serves farmers, cooperatives, estates and agro-dealers through depots and partners in the country's main producing regions: the coffee, banana and vegetable farms of Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Tanga, the rice and vegetables of Morogoro, the maize, rice and coffee of the southern highlands (Iringa, Mbeya), the sorghum, groundnut and sesame of the central plateau around Dodoma, the cashew belt of Mtwara and the cotton and rice fields of the Lake Zone (Shinyanga, Mwanza). Our technical team supports each season with product recommendations, spray programmes and training on safe use.
Tanzania stretches from the hot, humid coast and the cashew belt of the south-east (Mtwara) to the cool highlands of the north (Kilimanjaro, Arusha) and the southern highlands (Iringa, Mbeya), through the dry central plateau around Dodoma and the Lake Zone around Lake Victoria (Mwanza, Shinyanga). Two rainfall patterns set the farming calendar. The south, the centre and the west have a single long rainy season from about November to April. The north, the north-east and the Lake Victoria basin have two: the long rains (masika) from March to May and the short rains (vuli) from October to December. Maize is the main staple almost everywhere; rice is grown in the river valleys and plains of Morogoro and Mbeya and around Lake Victoria; cotton is the cash crop of the Lake Zone; arabica coffee grows on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and in the southern highlands; and sorghum, millet, groundnut and sesame suit the drier centre and south. Tanzania is one of Africa's leading cashew producers.
- Dar es Salaam office — Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam
- Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm · Saturday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
- tanzania@bonagro.example
Our vision
A more productive and more sustainable African agriculture, in which every crop protection treatment is justified, effective and well managed.
Our values
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Proximity
Being where farmers are, listening to their constraints and their goals.
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Rigour
Recommending the right product, at the right rate and time, rather than selling more.
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Responsibility
Promoting the safe use of our products for operators, consumers and the environment.
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Transparency
Giving clear information on our products that is faithful to the label, including the precautions for use.
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Progress
Improving our solutions and advice with agronomic research and the needs of the field.
Our approach
From diagnosis to follow-up: four steps
Every recommendation starts in the field and comes back to it.
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Diagnosis
Walk the field, identify the weed, pest or disease, and assess the pressure and the crop stage.
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Recommendation
Propose the right solution, rate and timing, taking resistance management into account.
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Training
Train farmers and dealers in application, equipment calibration and safety rules.
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Follow-up
Check results in the field, adjust the programme and learn from one season to the next.
Where we operate
Present in six countries across West, Central and East Africa
Each country has its own site, catalogue, protection calendars and network of sales outlets.
- Côte d'Ivoire Cocoa, cashew, rubber: solutions for Ivorian value chains Visit the site
- Ghana Cocoa, maize, rice: solutions for Ghanaian farmers Visit the site
- Nigeria Maize, rice, cassava, cocoa: crop protection for Nigeria Visit the site
- Cameroon Cocoa, coffee, cotton: solutions for Cameroonian value chains Visit the site
- Uganda Coffee, banana, maize: solutions for Ugandan farmers Visit the site
- Tanzania Maize, rice, cashew: solutions for Tanzanian farmers Visit the site
Our commitments
Quality and responsible use
Effective crop protection goes hand in hand with safe, well-managed use.
Authorised products
Selling in each country only products authorised by the competent authorities, labelled in the country's language.
Quality follow-up
Checking the condition of incoming batches, ensuring proper storage and keeping products traceable down to the sales outlet.
Faithful information
Providing technical sheets and advice consistent with the label, and never recommending an unauthorised use.
User training
Raising awareness among farmers and dealers of protective equipment, storage and good application practice.
Container management
Promoting triple rinsing and the collection of empty containers, and discouraging any re-use.
Care for the environment
Protecting pollinators, waterways and biodiversity through appropriate use recommendations.
Our teams
Teams working for farmers
In each country, complementary teams work together, from the office to the field.
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Technical development
Agronomists and technicians: field demonstrations, recommendations, calendars and training.
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Sales and distribution
Supporting depots, agro-dealers and partner cooperatives on the ground.
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Regulatory affairs and safety
Monitoring authorisations, labelling, safety data sheets and good practice.
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Logistics and warehousing
Storing products in suitable conditions and supplying outlets ahead of each season.
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Marketing and communication
Product information, agronomy news and decision-support tools.
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Customer service
Answering enquiries and quote requests, and directing customers to the nearest outlet.
Photo credits
The photographs on this site are illustrative images; they do not show BonAgro staff, customers or facilities.
- Rows of young coffee plants and banana trees on a farm in the Songwe region of Tanzania, with hills under a cloudy blue sky — Richard grivas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Field of young green maize in front of a wooded hill under a bright sky — Coder Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A bunch of green bananas on the plant, with rice fields behind, in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania — lecucurbitacee, CC BY 2.0, source
- Freshly harvested cassava roots held in hand, Mkuranga district, Tanzania — H. Holmes / CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), via Flickr, CC BY 2.0, source
- Coffee branches laden with green cherries on a plantation in Karatu, Arusha Region, Tanzania — Nina R from Africa, CC BY 2.0, source
- Maize plants tasselling in a field in Tanzania — Evancez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mangoes hanging on the tree — Denis kasozi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Young rice plants in a flooded paddy at Itigi, Tanzania — Charstone Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ripe tomatoes on the vine on a small farm in Kigoma, Tanzania — Erasmus Kamugisha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rolling green tea fields near Tukuyu in the highlands of southern Tanzania under a cloudy sky — Sara&Joachim, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Underside of a coffee leaf with the orange, powdery spots of coffee leaf rust, held between two fingers — Smartse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Green coffee beans spread out to dry on raised mesh tables on a coffee farm in Tanzania — Harald Ulver, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A smiling woman picks tea leaves into a sack on a hillside tea plantation at Bumbuli, Tanzania — Thatkaguruguy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roadside stall with buckets of tomatoes lined up on wooden rails in the Njombe region of Tanzania — Duniasikuzote, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A cotton bollworm caterpillar (Helicoverpa armigera) on a leaf — David McClenaghan, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, source
- Broadleaf woodsorrel (Oxalis latifolia), a common weed with pink flowers and three-lobed leaves, growing on bare soil near Arusha, Tanzania — Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, source
- 15 photographs: Freepik (Premium licence).
Let's work together
Farmer, cooperative, dealer or plantation: let's talk about your crop protection needs.