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| Soya beans |
Over 30,000 farmers
have been sponsored by the Kebbi state government and a private company
in Lagos to produce soya beans in nine local government areas of the
state.
The Commissioner
for Agriculture, Alhaji Garba Muhammed Garba said another 10,000 farmers
across the areas of Danko/ Wasagu, Zuru, Fakai, Ngaski,Shanghai, Yauri,
Koko/Besse and Bagudo are being sponsored to produce soya beans, maize
and sorghum.
Speaking at a press
briefing, Garba added that the ministry had set up a committee to look
into the communities that produce crops such as tomatoes, pepper and
water melon with a view to improving them in line with the state
government's agreement with Lagos state.
"The state with
regards to its agreement with Lagos has decided to improve on the
production of these crops. The committee is to identify the communities
that produced the crops," he said.
Garba also said his
ministry had planned to organize the farmers into cooperatives, adding
that the state ordered for 100 tractors, 100 threshers to support the
farmers in their various agricultural productions in the state.
"The anchor
borrowers' programme has created jobs, created awareness and improved
the income of many families in the state. This makes everybody wants to
be a farmer", he said.
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