Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje |
The
Kano State Commercial Agriculture Development Project under its Capacity
Building and Empowerment Program recently trained 660 women and youth in Poultry,
Dairy, Fisheries, Rice and Maize.
The
16-days Training program which took place at Audu Bako College of Agriculture
Danbatta focused on the training of farmers and there after assist them to
develop their capacities to plan and execute investment plans.
It
is a World Bank assisted program under a tripartite arrangement between the Bank, federal and
states Governments, and is designed to strengthened agricultural production
systems and facilitate access to market for targeted value chains among small
and medium scale commercial farmers in five states namely, Kano, Cross River,
Enugu, Kaduna and Lagos.
Declaring
the training programme open, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State,
disclosed that the first batch of 170 beneficiaries have started benefitting 50 percent of World
Bank grant adding that the additional 660 prospective beneficiaries will be
provided with the grant by the bank in collaboration with the state Government.
Speaking
in the same vein, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and Natural
Resources Hajiya Binta Kabiru, and the managing director Kano state
Agricultural and rural development authority-KNARDA pro. Mahmud Danefi
commended the government for giving special recognition to Agricultural sector.
The
State project Co-coordinator of the
Commercial Agricultural Development Project, Salisu Kalla explained that out of
the five participating states, Kano has the highest number of beneficiaries.
He
stated that the 660 beneficiaries were selected out of over 3000 candidates
that sat for the screening exercise.
Food-farm
News spoke to a number of Resource persons and participating beneficiaries in
the various categories on the training and knowledge acquired. Dr Ibrahim S. Modabi, Suleiman A. Suleiman
and Dr. Junaidu Y were in charge of
Dairy where milk processing was taught beneficiaries to produce yoghurt, milk
cheese and butter from cow milk.
Dr,
Ibrahim commended participants for demonstrating high level of curiosity to
learn with the manner they ask questions. He disclosed that the first batch of
beneficiaries were already in small-Enterprises production and viable
businesses, where 300-3000 finished products are sold daily. Ibrahim stated
further that beneficiaries could start processing and production from their
homes. The Trainers drawn from Audu Bako College of Agriculture were unanimous
that all the participants at the 16 days training were capable of growing into
bigger production Enterprise if funded and provided with equipment and constant
power supply.
Reacting Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Zakari who is a beneficiary described the programme as a step to self-employment and self dependant especially the windows who can now stand on their families financial challenges. She expressed satisfaction with the practical aspect of the training which can be easily acquired by the less educated participants.
Reacting Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Zakari who is a beneficiary described the programme as a step to self-employment and self dependant especially the windows who can now stand on their families financial challenges. She expressed satisfaction with the practical aspect of the training which can be easily acquired by the less educated participants.
Another
beneficiary Ibrahim Tijani who has been a Poultry Farmer for the past two years
was full of appreciation for the training as it has improved his theoretical
and practical aspect on how to be a successful poultry farmer. According to him
he now knows how to produce, prepare and market poultry products.
Junaidu Abdullahi of the A B College of
Agriculture who was a trainer of the programme said any participant who
attained 70% participation would become an effective poultry farmer.Junaid
decried the situation where most Poultry Farmers in Nigeria are not property
trained therefore not able to spread the skills and scientific knowledge
required for the growth of poultry needs of Nigeria.
Umar
Yusuf Yawale is one of the beneficiaries trained in Aquaculture. He is a
University graduate and confessed that his thought of seeking white color job
have vanished and was now ready to become a fulltime Fish-Farmer with acquired
knowledge on how to run a scientific Fish-Farm.
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