Kano State: APPEALS Project, Exchange Company partner to provide markets for farmers

The Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project in Kano State, Northern Nigeria, has partnered with AFEX, the first private sector commodities exchange and tech-enabled Agriculture Company, to provide readymade markets for agricultural commodities and for farmers to get premium prices for their harvest.

To provide readymade markets for agricultural commodities and for farmers to get premium prices for their harvest, the Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project in Kano.

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Speaking during a tour to the facilities provided by APPEALS to its beneficiaries in Darki, Wudil Local Government and Balare in Ajingi Local Government areas of the State, the Kano Project Coordinator, Mal. Hassan Ibrahim, said the collaboration would be of great benefit to the farmers, adding that the development has provided an “automatic and reliable market” for the farmers.

“The State government has constructed nine aggregation centres at different locations across the State as well as provided access roads that link farms with markets to enhance the supply of agricultural produce.

“Each aggregation centre, which is already equipped with moisture testing equipment and weighing balancing, would serve as a collection centre where AFEX will be supplied the needed commodities and buy at reasonable prices.

“…The rationale behind the collaboration with AFEX is to create an automatic and reliable market where the farmers would sell their agricultural products without hindrance, in line with the target of the state government for sustainable agricultural development through a business linkage,” Ibrahim disclosed.

On his part, AFEX’s Sales Operation Manager for Kano and Jigawa, Kassim Abdulsalam, explained that his company engages in agricultural trading and provides support for farmers in terms of farm inputs such as fertilizer, seeds and crop protection chemicals.

Abdulsalam said the purpose of the collaboration was to help in sustaining the project by empowering farmers and boosting their production within the priority crops.

“We want to help the farmers by providing inputs and purchasing their yields with a better rate, aimed at improving their socioeconomic status,” he added.

Source: Agro Nigeria