Beyond Tractors: How Namadi is rewriting Jigawa’s agric story, By Tijjani Nagwamastse
From tractor ownership to tractor services Thirty young Jigawa technicians sent to China for training on agric Mechanisation pose with some officials The establishment of the Jigawa State Farm Mechanisation Service Company is potentially one of the most important components of the programme.
The establishment of mechanisation service centres across the state, investment in tractors and harvesters, deployment of agricultural extension workers, training of technical personnel, digital monitoring and efforts to bring mechanisation closer to farming communities suggest an attempt to build an agricultural ecosystem rather than simply distribute agricultural equipment.
Maintenance is as important as procurement One of the greatest threats to any agricultural mechanisation programme is poor maintenance.
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