By Peter.
51% Drop in Post-Harvest Losses, Farmer Income Soars to ₦972,462/ha
Kano, December 2, 2025 – The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), funded by the Islamic Development Bank, Lives and Livelihoods Fund, and Kano State Government, has posted staggering five-year results:
✅ 51% reduction in post-harvest losses ✅ Average farmer income +₦972,462 per hectare above baseline ✅ 477,284 smallholder farmers directly reached across all 44 LGAs ✅ Massive yield jumps:
- Rice ↑ 226%
- Maize ↑ 161%
- Sorghum ↑ 166%
- Millet ↑ 152%
- Vegetables (tomato, cabbage, onion) ↑ 100–200%
Project Coordinator Ibrahim Abdulrasheed Kofarmata announced the figures at the Media Field Day in Kano on Tuesday.
How They Did It
- 854 trained extension agents equipped with motorcycles & digital tools
- 5,748 grain/vegetable clusters + 1,537 seed system clusters
- Deployment of planters, threshers, rice transplanters, modular mills, solar pumps
- 3 Agricultural Mechanisation Centres (Kadawa, Danbatta, Gaya)
- 81 agro-processing centres + 9 medium-scale rice parboiling units
- 11,228 farmers trained in market readiness + 1,100 agro-dealers linked to inputs
- Billions of naira in new input–output market linkages
Coming soon (funded by project savings):
- 80 tractors
- 28 combine harvesters
- 1,900 solar-powered irrigation pumps
Kofarmata praised Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and partners for “unwavering support,” adding:
“KSADP is not just a project — it is the blueprint for transforming Kano into Nigeria’s food basket using climate-smart, youth-inclusive, and gender-sensitive agriculture.”
With gains now locked in and more mechanisation on the way, Kano is proving that targeted investment + technology + extension services = agricultural revolution.
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