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The Nigeria Institute of Food Science and Technology, NIFST, has on Monday warned farmers against using fertiliser, pesticides, herbicides on produce for export.

This came from the Chairman, Lagos Chapter of the institute, Sunday Bamgbose, in an interview with the Newsmen in Lagos.

He, however, stated that the era of pesticide, herbicide and fertiliser applications in large quantity was over.

According to him, it was time farmers in the country adhere to modern agricultural practices to benefit from food export.

“The food value chain undergoes various processes and if not properly managed can cause a lot of damage or losses to the farmer.

“The rejection of Nigerian yams recently was as a result of the loopholes that existed in the technical aspect of the food value chain.

“In yam exportation, the packaging, mode of transportation, good temperature, among others, is considered.

“The recent development is unpleasant news because it is a negative publicity for the country.

“There is need to do the appropriate thing by involving those vast in the technical aspect of food exportation,” he said.

Mr. Bamgbose suggested that the government should always play its regulatory role in the process of produce for export.

He said that there was the need to always observe the variety of the produce, shelf life, duration which had to do with the storage duration, before a produce was exported.

“If the lifespan of the yam is six months; we should consider the period it will stay in transit, and also the period it stays in the person’s store or warehouse.

“We can now detect if the lifespan will be used up before it reaches its destination to prevent losses,” he said.

The NIFST chairman added that whenever a produce was meant for export, the exporter should always follow the required standards by the country the produce was meant for.

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Kebbi Governor’s wife partners Near Foundation, Ufuk Dialogue to organize medical outreach, commission Borehole in Tarasa Community

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Sunday, October 8, 2023 would forever linger in the minds and hearts of indigenes of Tarasa community in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi state.

The ecstatic indigenes of the community warmly welcomed the wife of the Governor, Her Excellency, Hajiya Nasare Nasir Idris when she teamed up with Near Foundation and Ufok Dialogue to organize a medical outreach in the community as well as commission a borehole for them.

According to Hajiya Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris , she was committed to supporting the government of Dr. Nasir Idris and ensure that the dividends of democracy get to the nooks and crannies of the state.

She said: ‘’I can assure you that the government is committed to making lives better for every indigene of the state and already, we have started touching lives in the state in different areas.

‘’It is not a surprise therefore that we have willing collaborators like Near Foundation and Ufok Dialogue who have chosen to be partners in progress. While we appreciate them profusely, we encourage other collaborators to join hands with the government in Kebbi state and support our forward-looking Governor, His Excellency, Dr. Nasir Idris who is committed to making lives better for everyone in Kebbi state.’’

The events were graced by notable personalities including the representative of Near Foundation, Mamman Abdulmalik Bulakos, representative of Ufok Dialogue , Emrah IIgen as well as the Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development , Hajiya Halima Hassan Kamba.

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Kano Govt. concessions 1,000 hectres of lands for fodder production

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Kano State Government has approved the concession of 1,000 hectares of land to animal feeds processors to encourage fodder productions.

The leasing agreement would be implemented under the Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP).

Mr Ibrahim Muhammad, the Project Coordinator, stated this in a statement signed by Ameen Yassar, the Project Communication Specialist on Friday in Kano.

Muhammad disclosed that the 1,000 hectares of lands were earmarked for leasing in designated grazing reserves in 16 local government areas of the state.

He said: “The state government’s gracious approval for the land will hasten commencement of our investment in commercial large scale fodder production, in partnership with the private sector.

“KSADP will identify 20 private sector investors interested in fodder production, to be allocated 50 hectares each and assist them in the development of pastures, provision of harvesting and bailing equipment as well as marketing facilities.”

According to him, the programme will encourage animal feeds production, increase milk yield, and facilitate artificial insemination services.

Muhammad said that the state government through the state Ministry of Agriculture also earmarked 20 hectares of land for fodder seed multiplication at Dudduru Grazing Reserve, in Ajingi Local Government Area.

“Other critical issues of the project included state wide cattle and small ruminants vaccination, establishment of a veterinary reference laboratory at Gwale LGA.

“Others are equipping and operationalisation of Artificial Insemination Center at Kadawa, in Garun Malam and the construction of a modern veterinary clinic at Dansoshiya in Kiru.”

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10,000 farmers get farm inputs support in Kaduna State

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By Mustapha Yauri

The Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project has commenced the distribution of farm inputs to 10,000 farmers in Kaduna State.

Dr Yahaya-Aminu Abdulhadi, the Project Coordinator, made this known during the delivery of the farm inputs to farmers’ cooperatives at Biye, Giwa Local Government on Thursday.

Abdulhadi said that the intervention in Biye Community was for 985 farmers, while the target beneficiaries in the state were 10,000.

He said that the intervention farm inputs were fertilisers, improved seeds and herbicides, among others, adding that the second intervention would be mainly equipment.

He said that beneficiaries would receive thrashers, combine harvesters and tractors, adding that the support was demand-driven.

Abdulhadi said that the two phases of interventions were decided by the farmers themselves with the aim of boosting their farming enterprise.

He said the interventions were to ensure that the farmers were empowered to enable them make judicious use of the support.

He said that the project was a World Bank supported initiative with the mandate of Kaduna State Government to support the farmers from production, processing and marketing.

“We want them to make use of the knowledge and the resources that was avail them under the APPEALS project, so that they can shift from being subsisting farmers to commercial and economically viable farming enterprises.”

The coordinator said the support was an end-to-end intervention, the farmers who are receiving the intervention now had already signed agreement with up-takers before they could go to the farm.

He added that the farmers already had market for the products.

The Kaduna State Deputy Gov., Hajia Hadiza Balarabe, said that the state had done a lot in improving agriculture productivity.

The deputy governor said that the state had also improved agriculture sector toward diversifying the economic base of the state.

Balarabe was represented by Mal. Sabiu Ismaila, the Permanent Secretary, Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture.

She said that the state government was working tirelessly to support the development of agriculture as a business so that farmers would be able to feed themselves and supply the products for the use of industries.

“It is the wish of the state to see tremendous reduction in poverty, massive employment generation for the youths and women and general improvement in the wellbeing of the populace through the agricultural sector,” she said.

The deputy governor said that she was impressed with the turnout of women and youths for the programme.

“It also shows that Kaduna State’s policies and programmes on inclusion were working. A society cannot develop if half of its population was idle and are not included.

“The efforts of the state toward bringing women to be part of economic development by enhancing their skills in various fields of endeavor is a worthy cause.

“ I can see here that the people of this community have accepted it; we are also happy that the men were understanding and cooperating. I pray that this level of commitment will result into improve productivity,’’ she said.

The deputy government said that partners to the project were experts from National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS).

Alhaji Adamu Shika, one of the beneficiaries, who spoke on behalf of others commended government’s efforts on the project and for the timely provision of the inputs.

Shika said that the beneficiaries were earlier trained on new and better farming methods and processing of the farm produce to boost production.

He pledged the commitment of beneficiaries to judiciously use all the farm inputs.

(NAN)

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