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November 18, 2019
The Lake Chad Research Institutesaddled with wheat production in Nigeria had begun training of farmers on newmechanised farming techniques adopted from Egypt.
The new wheat farming techniqueinvolves the use of a combine planter and ridge making machine aimed atimproving production in Nigeria.
The Zonal Coordinator Technology forAfrican Agricultural Transformation, TAAT, Ibrahim Umar Abubakar announced thisat the 2019 pre-season training workshop for irrigated wheat and the launchingof this year’s wheat farming season. The training organized for wheat farmersby Lake Chad Research Institute in collaboration with TAAT, Sasakawa Africa,Federal Ministry of Agriculture and other development agencies held in Kano.
According to Abubakar, the newlyadopted systems would be demonstrated to farmers in some selected farms for thefarmers to see the efficacy of the techniques.
Also Wheat Farmers Association ofNigeria President Salim Muhammad stated that farmers have been operating onlost for quite a long time, adding that, the training will assist them toimprove their yield per hectare.