Exploiting Export Potentials for Sustainable Increase in Volume and Quality of Processed Output of Tomato, Rice and Wheat in Kano State

Behavioural change takes more than Good Agricultural Practices sessions. Limited rural infrastructure restricts farmers in processing and adding value to their products. When farming communities thrives, economies grow with enhance volume, quality and value. Depending on rain patterns are becoming more uncertain, under utilization of Irrigational facilities as well as lack of access to technology by rural farmer limits production. Most Small-Scale farmers have very little access to credit that could enable them to buy machinery, build irrigation systems. The present marketing system of Agricultural Commodities in Nigeria is highly disorganized and uncoordinated due to lack of coherence government policy.…

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Identification of Agro Processing Clusters for Rice, Wheat and Tomato for APPEALS project in Kano State, Nigeria

The Kano State Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) survey on the Identification of Rice, Wheat and Tomato processing clusters was conducted between 15th July and 2nd August, 2019. The main objective of this study was to identify and assess the small scale cottage processing industries and to map out areas, activities and benefits accrued to the processing units and clusters in Kano State and develop and present a detailed and clear picture on what small agro-processing systems require to effectively manufacture and market processed products based on the strength of each unit and cluster; and to…

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