Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has mentioned he’ll broaden the drip irrigation and different trendy farming strategies to maximise meals manufacturing in Borno State.
The governor disclosed this on Wednesday throughout an inspection go to to one of many pilot drip irrigation schemes established by his administration in Koiri farms.
The Koiri scheme, which covers 20 hectares of land, was designed to supply 364 tons of maize and sesame in a single crop cycle, with a goal of over 1,092 tons of different crops in three cycles per yr.
Zulum mentioned the evolving strategy was to attain meals sufficiency and export of money crops and different agricultural merchandise comparable to maize and cassava, amongst others.
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“Let’s put issues so as rigorously. Borno State will begin exporting sesame and different money crops within the close to future.
“We’ll then shift our focus and make investments our sources in irrigated agriculture or moderately meals manufacturing. I guarantee you that we are going to present the mandatory political will to attain meals sufficiency,” Zulum mentioned.
