Fadama III AF and Implementation uniqueness

World Bank Task team leader of Fadama 111-AF, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe 

The constant supervision mission component of the programme has impacted positively on the project delivery, by way of identifying challenges and ability to proffer quick- win  solutions towards achieving its mandate with evidence in all the states in terms of bumper harvesting at all levels.

In his comments in one of the mission meetings, the World Bank Task team leader of Fadama 111-AF, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe emphasized that “ the MTR of Fadama 111 AF activity was an opportunity to critically analyse some identified challenges during the World Bank’s mission to the states” adding that “ the Implementation support mission gave the World Bank Team, the National Fadama Coordination Office and officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture an opportunity to assess the level of farmers’ activities on the field and the ability to recommend ways to attaining better yield in productions.

 The objective of Fadama 111 AF is to ramp up production in specific agricultural commodities which include, rice, sorghum cassava and tomato. We have to assess the level of progress in the effort to achieve the target that had been set under the project. So far we have received good stories from farmers in all the participating States, particularly in the FCT, Niger, Ogun and Ebonyi states, and according to what we supervised, there are lots of improvement in terms of production and packaging” 

The testimonies from many of the States are in consonance with the aims and objectives of the supervision mission as it has put  the State’s offices on their toes towards ensuring Fadama 111 project mandate result with evidence coming from some of the commissioners of agriculture from the states.

Anambra state commissioner, Afam Mbanefo said that his state government has embraced the programme in the cultivation of rice, cassava and maize through the cluster Fadama groups as the Governor has fully embraced the project by fulfilling the states’ counterpart financing commitment to make the project sustainable for the farmers’ benefit.

The Kano State Project Coordinator, Shuaibu Suleiman and his Osun state counterpart, Dr. GaniyuAdebowaleAdedeji had both agreed that the project was impacting positively on the farmers in their states as they were being trained in the use of improved farming practices, among others.