Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR the Executive Governor of Kano State today launched this year's rice harvest programme in Samawa and Kadawa villages in Garun Mallam local government in the outskirts of the state.
Governor Ganduje said he decided to personally flag off the harvest programme because of the commitment of his administration in agriculture as urged by President Muhammadu Buhari in order to diversify the nation's economy.
Due to the efforts of Governor Ganduje in rice farming alone, rice farmers in the state will harvest 1.2 million tons of rice this year which has exceeded the state's need of about 700 thousand tones. It is also expected that by next year's farming season Kano State will produce over 2million tons which is 50% of Nigeria's rice need of about 4 million tons.
Over 10 thousand rice farmers benefitted from the Kano State and CBN Anchor-Borrower programme which gave out revolving interest free loans to farmers in the state as well as thousands more others who benefitted from Ganduje's intervention in farming since the beginning of his administration.
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