The Kano State Government is ready to develop irrigated agriculture by 2,000 acres via the development of 11 mini dams throughout the state, as half of efforts to enhance meals manufacturing, create jobs and deal with rural poverty.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Danjuma Mahmoud, disclosed this throughout a press convention, saying the tasks have been half of a wider agricultural transformation programme aimed toward increasing cultivable land and bettering farmers’ productiveness.
Mahmoud mentioned the federal government had already recovered over 1,200 acres of farmland via the rehabilitation of dilapidated irrigation services at main websites, together with Jermambaka, Kadawa and Bunkure A and B.
He added that one other 200 acres had been recovered via collaboration with the Federal Government and the African Development Bank-supported ATAPS venture.
The commissioner mentioned the federal government was additionally executing a significant irrigation venture at Donsushiya, that includes a two-kilometre dam with a capability of three billion cubic litres of water and irrigation channels designed to serve 500 hectares of farmland.
He mentioned the venture was about 40 per cent accomplished, whereas the 14-kilometre entry street constructed to facilitate the motion of heavy gear to the location had been accomplished.
Mahmoud listed the 11 native authorities areas earmarked for the mini dams as Bebeji, Kibiya, Sumaila, Doguwa, Shanono, Dawakin Kudu, Gaya, Rogo, Dala, Dawakin Tofa and Ungogo.
He mentioned compensation had been paid in at the least six areas, whereas contractors had already mobilised to some websites, notably Bebeji.
According to him, the extra irrigation services would cut back rural-urban migration, create employment and enhance the revenue of farming households.
The commissioner additionally disclosed that the state had acquired fashionable agricultural gear, together with tractors, mix harvesters, threshers, solar-powered irrigation pumps, planters and transplanters, which might be distributed free to registered and credible farmers’ cooperatives.
He mentioned the federal government had equally distributed about 7,800 cattle below livestock intervention programmes, whereas greater than 13,000 beneficiaries had obtained varied livestock assist, together with goats for ladies and rams for teens.
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