21 Nov FG announces commencement of dry season wheat cultivation
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of dry season wheat cultivation. The National Agricultural Land Development Authority said the pilot phase of the dry season wheat farming had kicked off in Jigawa State.
The Executive Secretary, NALDA, Paul Ikonne, said the 100 hectares wheat farm in Marke town, Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa was donated by the state government and would engage 300 youths.
Ikonne, who visited the project site, said inputs such as seeds, pumping machines, generators, fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides had been delivered by NALDA to selected farmers in the site.
He said NALDA would also train the farmers, supervise and support them all through the farming period and take off products from the farm to ensure availability of market for the products.
“The wheat production is in nine states with 2,500 hectares of land donated by state governments in which Jigawa is one of them. The 2,500 hectares of land will give 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat,” he said in a statement on Friday.
He said the dry season farming was flagged off in Jigawa because of the soil texture of the state which he described as suitable for wheat production.
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