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Sokoto to begin tractor hiring programme

By Abdallah el-Kurebe
February 23, 2018
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Sokoto state government  has said it would soon start a tractor hirinf scheme in order to boost mechanization as well as assist farmers to enhance their production capacity.

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this in Kware local government when he inspected agricultural processing machines procured farmers under the state’s FADAMA III additional funding scheme.

According to him, “We are starting with 30 tractors, with each of the three senatorial districts to have 10 tractors. This initiative will be implemented with the collaboration of the FADAMA III coordinating office, the state ministry of agriculture and the state investment company, which will provide the tractors.”

He said a strict vetting of beneficiaries would be done to ensure that only genuine farmers benefited.
“We want to ensure that both the small and large scale farmers have access to the tractors and other machinaries. We hope to expand the scheme to ensure we have enough tractors to help our farmers have access to modern farm tools at affordable prices,” he added.

Tambuwal said that 127 farmer processing groups, made up of 1,385 small-holder farmers had benefitted from the agricultural processing machines and equipment distributed to farmers across the state by the FADAMA III office in Sokoto.

He stressed that in addition to the creation of two agricultural produce aggregation centres in the state, eleven tomato production net houses had been established at various locations in the state.

“This gesture is part of our collective efforts towards modernizing our farming techniques so as to improve yield and income of our farmers,” he stated.

Tambuwal added that 243 unemployed youths had been trained to embrace agriculture in order to explore the agribusiness sector and instil technical and practical skills that could enhance competitiveness in agri-prenueship the youths and women.
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