Agribusiness firm trains 220 farmers on regenerative, climate-smart agric in Kano, Jigawa
No fewer than 220 farmers from Kano and Jigawa States were trained on Regenerative and Climate-Smart Agriculture to boost production of organic foods for healthy societies.
The training was organised by Silvex International, a Nigerian Agribusiness and commodity trading company, in partnership with Kingston Organic Plc. U.S. and RegenFarm UK.
The Vice President, Kingston Organic Plc., Nigeria Operations, Mr Sunusi Bature, disclosed this in a statement on Wenesday in Kano.
Bature said that 30 field coordinators were also trained together with the farmers on the new farming concept.
He said that the training was conducted in Ajingi Local Government area of Kano state.
Bature revealed that the participants were expected to step down similar training to other farmers in the two states.
According to him, the farmers are educated on the techniques of producing organic foods with a priority given to hibiscus, sesame seeds and groundnut.
He said that the Managing Director, Silvex International, Alhaji Abubakar Usman-Karfi, told the farmers during a meeting that the training was part of the preparedness for the implementation of the innovation.
Bature reported Usman-Karfi, as saying that, “Silvex International, with the support from the British FCDO LINKS Project, enrolled many farmers in its digital platform for the regenerative and climate-smart agriculture in Kano and Jigawa states”.
“And it is expected to onboard up to 100,000 farmers by the end of 2022.”
“The digital platform gives access to real time and verifiable data on the farmers and their activities at farm which include farm size, socio-economic profile, weather condition, date of planting, projected date of harvest and expected yield,” he said.
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems.
It is an alternative means of producing foods that may have lower environmental or social impacts on human health.
Regenerative agriculture does no harm to land, but actually improves it, using technologies that regenerate and revitalise the soil and the environment.
That assists to give healthy soil capable of producing high quality and nutrient dense food for healthy communities.
While Climate-smart Agriculture is an integrated approach to managing landscapes, to help adapt agricultural methods- livestock and crops to the effects of climate change.
(NAN)
