Jigawa Govt. to distribute 300 mini-harvesters to farmers, youths
The Jigawa Government has concluded
plans to distribute 300 mini-harvesters to farmers and youths under
its Cluster Farming Scheme.
The Special Adviser to Gov. Muhammad
Badaru, on Rice Production Alhaji Jamilu Usaman-Danmalam, disclosed
this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse
on Wednesday.
Jamilu-Danmalam said that the gesture
was to encourage dry season wheat and rice production under the
state’s government cluster farming initiative.
He explained that the other 150
harvesters would be distributed to youths as part of the plans to
empower and encourage them to go into farming.
The special adviser pointed out that
the youth would use the harvesters to harvest rice or wheat in the
farming cluster in the state on commercial basis.
According to him, the gesture is to
enable the youth become self reliant.
“It is also to make agriculture
attractive and acceptable to youths in the state”.
NAN recalls that the Jigawa Government
had on Jan. 24, taken delivery of four containers with several
agriculture implements from China.
NAN also recalls that Gov. Muhammad
Badaru of Jigawa had on Feb. 3, pledged to link wheat farmers in the
state with buyers in order to boost their production.
Badaru gave the pledge while assessing
a 50 hectares wheat farm in Warwade village of Dutse Local Government
Area of the state.
The tour was part of an assessment tour
embarked on by the governor to some farms under the Cluster Farming
Scheme, introduced by his administration.
The governor visited farms in Gidan
Ari, Yan-Dutse, Gabarin Sintilmawa and Tsidir villages in Ringim and
Auyo Local Government Areas.
Badaru said that threshers and
harvesters would be provided to the farmers at affordable prices.
According to him, the farmers are
expected to produce 125,000 metric tonnes of wheat in 2017 dry season
farming period.
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