Niger PWD farmers seek planting guidance after poor harvest

Farmers with disabilities participating successful the Federal Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development-assisted Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, successful Niger State person called for amended guidance connected planting periods and entree to early-maturing harvest varieties.

The telephone followed mediocre harvests during the 2026 farming season.

The farmers made the telephone during a feedback workout connected empowerment enactment provided to persons with disabilities nether the programme successful 9 participating section authorities areas successful the state.

Mohamed Abubakar Enagi, Chairman of the Niger State Farmers with Disabilities and the manager representing farmers with disabilities nether the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, said the radical cultivated rice, maize, soybeans and cowpea but recorded varying harvest outcomes.

He said their atom crop, planted connected astir fractional a hectare, was severely affected by insufficient rainfall, leaving the farmers with small anticipation of a meaningful harvest.

Enagi said they had truthful acold harvested much than 9 bags of maize and 8 bags of soybeans astatine the clip of the exercise, portion the cowpea was not yet acceptable for harvest.

He acknowledged that precocious planting besides contributed to the mediocre outcome, explaining that the radical began planting towards the extremity of May.

“We request guidance connected the close clip to works and the benignant of seeds to use, particularly early-maturing varieties, truthful that we tin amended our harvest,” helium said.

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