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Global 2000’s partnership with rural farmers and cooperative groups who are
into rice, wheat, maize and cassava farming in Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, Cross River
and Benue have been recording increased crop production from 1-2tons P/H to 4-2
P/H and singled out Cross River State where 5-8 tons of rice production was
recorded as against 2-3 tons per H/A towards achieving its mission to eradicate
hunger on the face of Africa realistic.
The
support to farmers includes supply of improved and quality seeds, training of
farmers on modern farm technology, financial grants, loans and processing
machines.
Prof.
Sani Miko, Country Director SAA Global 2000 Nigeria made this known when he
addressed Newsmen on the activities of the organization targeted at eradicating
hunger on the face of Africa over the years He explained that post harvest
training, processing, human development, monitoring, evaluation and sharing of
practices and train the trainee were being implemented vigorously along with
the farmers and the results are increasing number of prosperous small holder
and commercial farmers, culminating in booming agro –business activities now
taking the center stage among the hitherto poor farmers in the contributing
states.
Furthermore,
SAA 200 Nigeria has been working in collaboration with Local fabricators and
suppliers with aim of training the fabricators to improve on concepts and
designs from the point of taken the machines to Farmers for demonstration and
acceptability by the farmers.
Towards
this end, the non-governmental organization sources a revolving fund and buys
the machines for onward supply to the farmers after training them on operations
and maintenance, an approach that has moved the farmers from conventional
status to business farmers.
The
country Rep. disclosed that N2000m grant was received from the federal
Government to aid its programmes and another 80m support grant from WAPP.
These
grants in-aid added to the foundation budgets over the years has seen the
transformation of farmers into formidable Co-operative group’s organization
across the states. They include the physically challenged namely Zangon Buhari
Women Rice processors and Bunkure Disable support group in Kano. Others are the
Malam Ubale Saidu and Multi Value chain actors and other Disabled Supported
groups on Maize platform established at Ku Mo and Dawadawa Women processors at
Doho all in Gombe state.
He
particularly commended the Governments of Kano, Jigawa and Gombe States for
their support and overall contribution to the objective, of SAA, Nigeria.
The
Managing Director, Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, Prof
Mahmud Ibrahim Dahneji who also spoke at the Media briefing described.
SAA
2000, Nigeria as a household name among farmers in Kano State and expressed
satisfaction with the joint working relationship between the two organization
in terms of the use of Farmer groups,
Extension workers and the deployment of technical personnel of KNARDA to the
organization.
The
Managing Director further disclosed that under Market 11 Dry Season
Farming,5,000 farmers are to benefit from the programme, adding that the
Government of Kano state has employed 729 Extension workers, out of which 100
are being trained by Kasakawa along the value chain. Added to this are 78 ES
workers on the payroll of Kano State Government on secondment to SG 2000.
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