IFAD-CASP launches 2017 N-Agriprenuers in Sokoto

By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor

The Sokoto state Support office of IFAD-CASP has launched inputs distribution of 2017 N-Agripreneurs (Input Supply) Agro Dealers.

Twenty-one beneficiaries across 12 of the 23 local governments areas (LGAs) of the state have been selected for the programme.

The state program coordinator, Dr. Aminu Aliyu Dogandaji explained that about 21 people benefited from the gesture.

“While N100,000 is the total running cost, each beneficiary is expected to pay 50% to Financial Service Association (FSA) at a period agreed upon. This will enable the beneficiaries to be self-reliant and self-sufficient. The idea is to make sure that the beneficiaries supplied agricultural inputs that would serve their respective communities so as to enhance agricultural productivity,” Dogon Daji said.

He assured that IFAD-CASP would not relent in its effort towards uplifting people’s standard of living, especially in the rural areas.

The Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Abubakar Zaki Tambuwal, who was represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Alhaji Sani Garba Shuni said the state government, through IFAD had embarked on many projects that touched on the lives of rural dwellers

While commending IFAD-CASP for the noble idea in ensuring farmers in the rural areas had access to agricultural inputs, he cautioned the beneficiaries against miss-use of the items, threatening that government would not hesitate to retrieve them.

Newsdiaryonline reports that the programme is aimed at producing agricultural input dealers among the youths where IFAD-CASP would support the youths with the inputs for onward sale to farmers in their various communities.

With one inputs shop constructed in each of the 21 L‎GAs, each beneficiary received 15 bags of NPK fertilizers; 5 bags of Urea fertilizers; 18kg each of maize QPM and maize EVDT; 20kg each of Sorghum-CRS 01 and sorghum-CRS 03 and 24kg of Copea-sampea 14.

Other inputs are 6kg each of groundnut-samnut 22 and 24; 54kg and 6kg of Rice-Faro 44 and 58, respectively; 25kg of millet-super sosat; 6kg each of wheat-Atila and Wheat-Norman; 21 sachets of ‎Atrazine and 21 litres of Butachlor 50 EC.

Others are 21 litres of Bispyribac-sodium 100m; 250 satchets of ‎Methomyl 90% SP (10g per satchet) and 33 satchets of Emamectin Benzoate 5% WDG (100g per satchet).