Kaduna Boosts Mechanised Farming With 10,000 Solar-powered Water Pumps

The Kaduna state Commissioner for Agriculture, Murtala Dabo, has said Governor Uba Sani procured 500 power tillers, 10,000 solar-powered water pumps, and a fleet of tractors to boost mechanisation.
Dabo explained that through a public-private partnership, these tractors will be deployed via revitalised mechanisation hubs across the state.

Addressing journalists at the quarterly ministerial briefing in Kaduna, the commissioner said the irrigation infrastructure was reviving, with ₦200 million earmarked for key rehabilitation projects. Kaduna expressed interest in the World Bank’s $500 million SPIN initiative.

Dabo disclosed that over 500 trucks of fertiliser were distributed to verified smallholder farmers in what he described as the most extensive input support programme in the state’s history, “Additionally, 69,000 farmers received improved maise seeds and agrochemicals under the Tallafin Noma (A Koma Gona) initiative, while more than 100,000 bags of fertiliser were distributed free for dry season farming” he said.