FG Sensitises Farmers, Stakeholders On Improving Soil Health Card Project

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to ensure the adequate training of farmers and other stakeholders on the ‘Soil Health Card Project’.

 

The project is aimed at enhancing food production to achieve maximum food security in the country.

 

The Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Aliyu Sabi, disclosed this during the opening ceremony of a two-day stakeholders sensitisation and validation workshop.

 

It was on the introduction of the project to the Nigerian agricultural system, Northern region, held on Tuesday in Kano.

 

Represented by the Director, Agricultural Land and Climate Change Management Services, Oshadiya Olanipekin, Sabi said the objective of the sensitisation was to keep the farmers on how to sustain the land for maximum food security.

 

During the two-day stakeholders meeting, farmers are to be trained on the modern ways of enhancing soil fertility status before planting their crops with a view to enhancing the value chain production.

 

The minister said that the ministry would not relent in ensuring that adequate sensitisation was geared towards achieving the set objectives.

 

The National Coordinator of Agro-Climate Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL), Abdulhamid Umar, represented by the Kano State Coordinator, Dr Dahiru Hashim, described the workshop as very timely.

 

Umar said the workshop would play a vital role in addressing issues of land degradation and climate change with a view to achieving maximum food security.

 

He urged the participants to make adequate utilisation of the training geared toward enhancing yield production in the country.

 

The workshop attracted participants from various states across the Northern region .

 

 

 

 

 

NAN/Oyenike Oyeniyi