One thousand three hundred Kano
State farmers received training on measures to adopt in addressing agronomic
problems as a way of improving agricultural practices in the state under World
Bank’s Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMMING) project.
Speaking
to newsmen during the graduation ceremony of the 1300 farmers who have
benefitted from the project in Kura Local Government Area of the state,
TRIMMING’s agri-business specialist, Malam Hallai Garba, stated that the
training would equip farmers with the skills to be able to diagnose and address
agronomic problems on their farms at the formative stage before it posed
disaster to their crops.
“Farmers were trained on best
farming techniques that if put into practice will ensure an increase in yield
thereby making the farmers’ economic status elevated. This is something that is
being extended not only to Kano State, but to other states as well,” he said.
He
added that the training would also ensure the adaptation of best agronomic
practices for improved annual productivity, adding that the project was also
aimed at effective utilisation of agric extension workers to ease the
adaptation of newly introduced techniques.
“The
expected farmer ratio to an extension worker today has actually gone beyond
what can be considered as tolerable in Nigeria. The recommended rate by World
Bank is one extension worker to 30 farmers, but today our extension workers in
Nigeria; each of them is attending to 3000 farmers, and we believe that this
ratio is not the best,” lamented the expert.
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