Fadama 111 AF: Sokoto Gov. provides thirty tractors for hiring scheme

Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

As part of effort to enhance mechanized farming, the Governor, RT. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has announced that 30 tractors be released to farmers in the three senatorial districts of the state towards boosting food productivity under Fadama 111 Additional Financing (AF) programme.

Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal made this known at Kware local government area on Thursday while inspecting the agricultural processing machines that are meant to be distributed to farmers under the state Fadama III AF programme.

The Governor said that “We are starting with 30 tractors with each of the three senatorial districts issued with 10 tractors each. 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 that a strict vetting process would be implemented for beneficiaries, to ensure that small and large-scale farmers were able to access the tractors and other farming equipment saying “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”

Tambuwal said that 127 processing groups, comprising 1,385 smallholder farmers, had benefited from the agricultural processing machines and equipment distributed to farmers across the state by the Fadama III office.

The Governor said 11 tomato production net houses have been established at various location in the state pointed that “This gesture is part of our collective efforts towards modernizing our farming techniques to improve yield and income of our farmers”

He added that 243 unemployed youths had been trained to explore the agribusiness sub-sector pointing the training of them with women would enhance their technical and practical skills towards competiveness in agric-preneurship.