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Tuesday 19 December 2017

We are ever grateful to Fadama 111 AF say Sokoto farmers


 Sokoto farmers

The farmers in Sokoto state of Northern Nigeria have been counting their blessings in the last two seasons harvest since the launch of Fadama 111 Additional Financing (AF) by the  Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on May 29, 2016.


This testimony was shared by the district head, Katami Village, Mallam Usman Garba and chairman of Silame Local Government Federated Community Association (FCA) in the presence of rice farmers’ production clusters consisting of ten groups of ten people to Food Farm News during an unscheduled visit to the place. Also interaction with other district heads and some of the other key farmers was quite evident that the programme has made a huge difference in the lives of the communities in terms of 40 per cent income rise through over 20 per cent increase in harvest of major three crops occasioned by the provision of inputs and agro chemicals cum agronomics training given to the farmers.

Speaking with Food Farm News in his palace, the district head, Mallam Garba excitingly expressed that the intervention of the programme has positively impacted on the community in terms of increased yield in rice and incomes generation saying the farmers themselves could attest to this.

The community head alluded to the fact the bottom-to-top approach of the programme has given it the huge success it achieved as the farmers were all involved in all the planning process so as to ensure ownership and continuity. 

He said: “we are happy to have you in our midst. We have many international donors including Fadama 111 AF which stands out based on its positive impact in the lives of my people who are majorly farmers in rice production. These farmers are encouraged by this programme through inputs grants that have given higher yield to their productivity as they were involved in the planning process. Before the intervention of Fadama 111, AF, farmers do not really have access to inputs especially improved seeds and fertilizer and other inputs which normally give high yield difference to crops as anyone who uses fertilizer will definitely got more yield than those without application. Both herbicides and insecticides are given to farmers to fight bats and grasshoppers which are great challenge to food production in the locality. I especially commend this programme for improving the livelihood of our people through training with best agronomics practice using safety kits during fertilizer and agro chemical applications.”

The chairman of the Silame Local Government Fadama Federated Community Association (FFCA), Alhaji Mohammed A. Mohammed who described Katami fadama cluster land as one of the best in Sokoto state with over 400 hectares of rice cultivation saying there were seven cluster under his control thereby commended the cooperation he enjoyed from them through involvement in planning and compliance to the rules and regulations of the programme. 

All these were corroborated by the chairman, Katami (11) rice production cluster, Alhaji Salihu Nafia who spoke for farmers’ groups expressed the appreciation of members to the programme saying “the grant assistance given by Fadama 111 AF has impacted positively on our rice incomes whose yield from 30-35 bags now upscaled to 75-85 bags after harvest saying the timely supply of improved seeds of rice and fertilizer, and other agro chemicals and pumping machines with safety kit to enhance good health for productivity was quite commendable.”

He continued: “there is a lot of changes in our yield with the use of Faro 44 improved seeds and other agro inputs given to farmers as grant coupled with training on the best farming practices which have really assisted us as we have recently recorded double of what we had be getting before now from 30-35 bags of rice now to 75-80 bags. We were also given pumps with all their accessories to do irrigation just as our  health status have also been improved through the use of safety kits to prevent our eyes and organ of the body that are prone to chemical attacks. ”

One of the facilitators, Mallam Abubakar Mohammadu who also spoke with Food Farm News gave a detailed breakdown of support given as four bags of NPK, two bags of urea, 50kg of improved rice variety of Faro 44 along with eight litres of agro chemical given in ratio 5:3 of herbicide and insecticide to fight against pests and other insects/ bat attack.  

He said: “grants were given in terms of inputs and assets like water pumps with all its accessories, spray, small farm tools-hoes, cutlasses. Also Rural Infrastructure such as tube wells, safety kits for environmental mitigation which consist of first aid box, rain boot, rain coat, hand glove, nose mask and erection of signpost for all the cluster groups”

This group, said another facilitator, Ibrahim Umar that what has been going on in terms of this programme intervention in form of support to farmers across the 23 local governments in the state in the value chain of sorghum, rice and tomato saying the feedback from farmers was full of commendation to Governor of the state, World Bank officials and the Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as there are report of 40 per cent income increased.

Umar pointed that the Additional Financing component of the Fadama 111 programme was designed to build capacity support to farmers in line with the President Mohammudu Buhari’s administration decision  to diversify the economy to non-oil revenue generation with frame work to strengthen linkages between farmers, agro dealers, processors and other relevant private players that can facilitate contract for agreed quantity and quality outputs thereby complying to new agricultural policy of the FMARD under Chief Audu Ogbeh.

Between 2015-2016 under Fadama 111 AF in the state, a total of 93 production clusters were engaged in the production of sorghum, rice and tomato in the state with active 578 farmers’ groups of 7,570 that are made up of 6,486 males and 1,084 females which had proactive enjoyed 40 per cent increase in  income thereby achieving the target of the programme to rural empowerment

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