Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off the Fadama III additional financing for the year 2016/2017 dry season intervention in Sokoto State.
The event, held at Kurfi village of Kware LGA, will cover the 23 local government councils with a combined cost of N1.56 billion.
The programme is aimed at distribution of agricultural input equipment, agro-chemicals and other farm tools to 90 production clusters comprising 611 production groups across the crops value chain of rice, sorghum and tomato.
Speaking on the occasion, Tambuwal said his administration would continue to provide support to the farmers through the provision of subsidised agricultural input 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 government would also continue to undertake people-oriented programmes aimed at supporting the entrepreneurship drive of the people.
According to him, the Sokoto government has also gone into various partnerships with both national and international partners for the conception and implementation of projects and programmes that will have direct bearing on the socio-economic life of the people.
He expressed appreciation of the state government to the development partners, especially the World Bank, for supporting the state to achieve various development feats.
While adding that the World Bank had been providing project grants to the state project office through the National Project Office, Tambuwal urged beneficiary farmers to utilize them for the intended purpose.
Earlier in his remarks, the state Commissioner of Agriculture, Umar Nagwari, said that the state government had provided necessary support for the implementation of the project in the state.
Highlight of the occasion was the distribution of farm inputs to 90 production clusters comprising 611 production groups across the crops value chain of rice, sorghum and tomato.
