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India: Katsina Gov To Acquire 1000 Tractors For Farmers

2016/08/25

The Katsina National government has pledged to assist farmers in the national to acquire about 1000 tractors in the next three years to make farming fully mechanised in the national.

The appropriate adviser to the governor on Agriculture, Dr Abba Abdullahi, stated this at the same time as the deputy governor and Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Mannir Abdullahi, inspected the initial tranche of 50 tractors under Katsina Mahindra Agricultural Intervention Programme that have arrived in Katsina.

Abdullahi said the national required no fewer than 1000 tractors to achieve its vision. He as well expressed the determination of the Governor Aminu Bello Masari government to hit the target before 2019.

He added that Mahindra, the Indian firm supplying the tractors, would set up an assembly plant in the national as part of its efforts to boost the job opportunities for Katsina youths.

Deputy governor, Mannir Yakubu, described the restoration schedule of the present government in agriculture as a bold step to improve the sector through mechanized farming at the grassroots.

Yakubu assured that the tractors would be given on hire basis to the farmers through the national Tractors Owners and Operators Association at a subsidized rate as part of the interventions to improve agricultural activities and gain of the populace.

He disclosed that the national government would as well continue procure and distribute other farm inputs to farmers at subsidised rates because agriculture is the mainstay of the majority in the national.

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