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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
About 572,309 smallholder crop farmers in Kano State have benefited from the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) crop value chain intervention over the past four and a half years.
The State Project Coordinator, KSADP, Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, made this known while receiving a five-man mission led by Mr. Javed Khan from the Islamic Development Bank at the Project Management Unit office in Kano.
“According to the Project Appraisal Document of the KSADP, the project, through the Sasakawa Africa Association, will impact 450,000 primary beneficiary farmers, while 100,000 farmers will benefit through KNARDA. Already, Sasakawa has exceeded its target by supporting 477,284 farmers,” the Coordinator explained.
He expressed delight that the project has benefited farmers beyond Kano State, as peasant farmers from neighbouring states come to Kano to buy quality seeds.
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Regarding the construction of 70 kilometres of rural roads by the project, Ibrahim highlighted that the original scope of the project was changed from earth access roads to tarred roads, with the approval of the Islamic Development Bank, for durability, as earth roads do not stand the test of time.
Under the livestock value chain, he mentioned that the project had constructed 40 Milk Collection Centres, while 60 are at various stages of completion.
This is in addition to the construction of a Veterinary Reference Laboratory, 20 slaughterhouses, five cattle markets, and the conduct of annual livestock vaccination campaigns, among other things.
“But the major challenges we encountered during the execution of this project include delayed project implementation due to COVID-19, the Naira redesign policy, as well as inflation that hit the nation’s economy,” he emphasized.
The head of the mission, Mr. Javed Khan, was in the state to appraise the ongoing projects and assist the Project Management Unit towards the successful completion of the project in June this year.
