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Food Security: Kwara Polytechnic Makes Inaugural Harvest From School Farm

by Abdullahi Olesin
1 year ago
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Kwara Polytechnic
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The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has harvested maize from its farm cultivated on 20 hectares of land.

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The management of the institution had launched the school farm as part of strategies to curb encroachment of its vast land.

The rector  of the institution, Dr Abdul Mohammed who personally supervised the crop harvest disclosed that the institution had expended N13m  on maize and cassava plantation.

“What led to this idea is to find a way of discouraging or curbing encroachment utilizing our institution ‘s virgin land for agricultural purposes. This is our own contribution to making food available and affordable for the polytechnic’s community and its  environs; and the state at large.

“We cleared 10 hectares of land initially. When we finished the first 10 hectares, we moved to the second phase of another 10 hectares, making 20 hectares all together.

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” The farming is carried out by the department of Agricultural Technology, department of Agricultural Engineering and Bio Environmental, under the supervision of a committee,” Mohammed said.

He said part of the proceeds from the sale of the harvested crops will be reinvested into farming, while the remaining would be used as part of internally generated revenue (IGR) for the institution.

“We used about N10,000,000 for clearing of the land and about N3,000,000 was used to purchase  seedlings and cassava stems, ” he added.

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The rector said 40 hectares of land would be cleared for cultivation of crops  in the next farming season

The representative of the state commissioner for Tertiary Education Education, Hajia Rodhiat Yahaya commended the foresight of the rector and his team which gave birth to the school farm.

She said  that the initiative will go a long way in ensuring food security in the state and address the land encroachment challenges  facing the institution.

 


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