30,000 farmers to produce soya beans in Kebbi

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 […]

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.