By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) will launch a multi-million naira domestic animal fattening scheme.
The scheme, which is the first of its kind in Kano, aims at enhancing food security and improving incomes for youths and women, the Project Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Garba said over the weekend.
Malam Ibrahim spoke when he received the executive members of Abim All Season Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, led by its Deputy President, Alhaji Maje Kurawa, at the KSADP office in Kano.
He explained that an online portal has been designed and launched for the fattening schemes, for interested citizens to subscribe, adding that the move is a step towards improving livestock management for better nutrition and improved income.
The coordinator stated that the project will invest in other livestock-related activities including fodder production, grazing reserve development, improving animal health services and construction of about 200 milk collection centres.
Malam Ibrahim further revealed that the KSADP is working with Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority and Sasakawa Africa, to create an unprecedented impact in the area of agriculture, particularly crops and legumes production in the state.
Source: The Nation