The Niger State Government has received another batch of 200 tractors from John Deere in preparation for dry-season farming.
The State Government will increase its farming capacity from the initial 250,000 in this rainy season.
The seeds to be used for the dry season are hybrids, and the Niger Foods has already purchased them, as can be seen in the pictures below.
Also, Bayer AG, a German-based Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Agricultural company, will be supplying more seeds to Niger Foods as contained in the MOU signed in April this year at the side event of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, USA with Niger foods.
The state government will cultivate rice, maize, millet, sorghum, and beans.
The expected outcome for the coming dry season production for all the grains is one million tonnes.
Recall that Governor Umar Bago of Niger State had earlier sealed a $650 million partnership with the manufacturer to facilitate the State’s agricultural revolution plan for the preparation of millions of hectares of land across the state for the establishment of farm estates.
This was in addition to the equipment received by the state government earlier, including 500 large-capacity tractors, 500 harvesters of varying capacities and 1,000 different agricultural and irrigation equipment and farm implements.
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