The event, which held at Kurfi
village of Kware LGA, will cover the 23 local government councils with a collective
cost of N1.56 billion.
The Scheme is aimed at distribution
of agricultural inputs equipment, agro-chemicals and other farm tools to ninety
production clusters comprising 611 production groups across the crops value
chain of tomato, sorghum and rice.
Tambuwal said his government will
continue to offer support to the farmers through the provision of subsidized agricultural
inputs and equipment.
“We are providing enough fertilizer,
seedlings, herbicide and pesticide. Similarly, farm implements like water pumps
and sprayers will be distributed to farmers at little or no cost to enable them
deploy modern farming techniques in their farmlands,” he added.
The governor said his government
will also continue to undertake people-oriented programs aimed at supporting
the entrepreneurship drive of the people.
According to him, Sokoto government
has also gone into various partnerships with national and international
partners for the conception and implementation of projects and programs that
will have direct bearing on the socio-economic life of the people.
He expressed gratitude to the
development partners, especially the World Bank, for supporting the state to accomplish
various development feats.
The state Commissioner of
Agriculture, Umar Nagwari, said the state government has provided essential
support for the execution of the project in the state while the state Governor
urged recipient farmers to utilize them for the intended purpose.
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