Jigawa rehabilitates dams to boost irrigation, food security

The Jigawa State authorities has intensified efforts to boost cultivation accumulation done the rehabilitation of dams successful Kazaure and Yakwashi section authorities areas.

The Director General of the Jigawa State Agricultural Transformation Agency, Dr Saifullahi Umar, disclosed this portion inspecting ongoing rehabilitation works astatine Dambo and Kuda dams.

He said the purpose is to enactment irrigation farming and heighten nutrient security.

Dr Saifullahi said the projects were initiated by the medication of Governor Umar Namadi arsenic portion of measures to grow irrigation farming activities crossed the state.

According to him, the inspection sojourn is to measure the prime and level of enactment being carried retired by contractors handling the projects.

He explained that upon completion, the 2 dams would supply irrigation opportunities connected astir 500 hectares of farmland, thereby expanding dry-season farming activities successful the benefitting communities.

He further stated that nary less than 15,000 radical are expected to payment straight from the projects, noting that the inaugural would amended nutrient accumulation and fortify nutrient information successful Jigawa State.

Speaking during the inspection, the task manager...