KEBBI STATE REPORT
PRESENTED @ NATIONAL AGRIC. EXTENSION
REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING
19TH – 23RD November 2012
@ NAERLS/ABU ZARIA
Name of ADP: Kebbi State ADP
Postal Address: Km. 11 Kalgo Junction PMB 1039.
E-Mail: kebbiadp@yahoo.com
Telephone: 08034088919
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Kebbi Agricultural & Rural Development Authority (KARDA)
conducts its agricultural activities within its four (4) zones situated
at Argungu, Bunza, Zuru and Yauri.
The ADP operates alongside with other projects such as NPFS,
NFDP III, IFAD-CBADRP, KBS-CBARDP, Commercial
Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS), Kebbi Agricultural Supply
Company (KASCOM) and Rural Access Mobility Project (RAMP).
They are all working towards betterment of farmers condition in
the state.
Year 2012 raining season came to an end at the beginning of November in zones
III and IV while zones I and II received their last rains at the end of October. The
weather condition from beginning of November has been cool at night and
morning while it is generally warm in the afternoon.
ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORD FOR YEAR 2012
ZONE
ZONE I
APRIL
8.0mm
ZONE II
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
TOTAL
43.5
49.9
151.9
145.7
NA
NA
mm
110.4
107.6
200.6
211.4
219.24
3.02
mm
97.0
mm
ZONE III
NA
102
88.5
194.5
252
342.0
ZONE IV
30.2
118.2
152.9
276.9
250.8
312.3
23.8
mm
Support Activities
Target
Achievement
Remarks
MTRMs
4
25%
FNTs
12
0.06%
OFARs
24
No package form IAR
No. of Farm families
525,000
525,000
No. of MTPs
630
182
No. of Field days
12
No. of Agric shows
2
No. of group formed
415
200
Zonal steering committee meeting
4
2
Zonal Technical committee meeting
2
Zonal REFILS workshops
1
1
No. of Extension workers (VEAs)
500
204
No. of women Extension workers
(BEA)/BES
EA/farmer ratio in the state
64
32
1:800 FF
1:2,608 FF
Source: Kebbi State 2009 Village Listing Survey (VLS) Rep
No. of SPATs to be established
No. of Training per year
Extension publication produced
Results are yet to be received from zones III and IV which
report compilation.
Programmes Titles/Topic
1. NA DUKE
2. IFAD TAKE KIRA
Frequently
TWICE IN A WEEK
TWICE IN A WEEK
Broadcasting Station
Duration
KEBBI RADIO
MONDAY AT 1:20 PM FOR
30
MINUTES
and
WEDNESDAYS AT 1:30 PM
FOR 30 MINUTES
KEBBI RADIO
TUESDAYS AT 9:15 AM FOR
30 MINUTES and FRIDAYS AT
12:25 NOON FOR
30
MINUTES
TUESDAYS AT 8:15 PM FOR
30 MINUTES and FRIDAYS AT
1:30 PM FOR 30 MINUTES
3. SALLAMA MANOMA
TWICE IN A WEEK
KEBBI RADIO
4. DON MANOMA
TWICE IN A WEEK
KEBBI TV
TUESDAYS AT 4.15 PM
FOR
30
MINS.
&
REPEATED MONDAYS 8.15
PM.
5. KAIDA GONARKA
TWICE IN A WEEK
KEBBI TV
SUNDAY 5.15 PM FOR
30 MINS. & REPEATED
TUESDAYS 8.15 PM
Title
1. AETA concept training
2. Regional prioritization of farmers
needs
3. Helpline staff training on GES
4. Workshop on institutionalizing
PICS in extension activities in Nigeria
6. Capacity building workshop for
agric extension personnel for effective
implementation of Agric
transformation.
Organizers
Fed. Min of
Agric.
Fadama III,
Comp. IV
Cellulant
IITA
Categories of Trainees
No. of Trainees
collaborators
Snr. Staff
60
State Government
73
IAR
62
ADP
Snr. Staff
2
Zamfara ADP
Snr.Staff
1
Abuja
VEW, Fac. & Service
providers
VEW, and Enumerators
Title
Year
Source
IITA
Level of adoption
1.NON-CHEMICAL
COWPEA STORAGE
2011/2012
INTRODUCTION/5%
2.USE OF IMPROVED
CROP VARIETIES
2012
ADP/Research
institutes
65%
3.SAFE
USE
OF
AGRO-CHEMICALS
2012
SARO Agro science
and ADP
75%
4.FERTILIZER USAGE
2012
NOTORE and ADP
92%
5.ORGANIC FARMING
2012
NPFS and ADP
1%
6.CROP SPACING
2012
ADP
75%
Comments
FADAMA III
(1)A total of 75 LDPs cotaining 1,180 sub-projects were approved.
A) Asset acquisition: 669 FUG sub-projects completed. 4,965 2” w/pumps distributed.
51 rice proc. Machines distributed. 190 w/bulls, 124 fishing equipment, 58 honey
collection equipment etc. were also distributed.
B) Community Infrastructure: 4 culverts, 6 market stall, 2 feeder roads, etc were
constructed at various locations.
C) Advisory services : 377 FUGs received grants to access services in water
management, rice production, pest and disease management in onion,fish feed
formulation, erosion control measures etc
D) Capacity building : 31 FCAs and 369 FUGs were trained, 42 LGA staff were trained
in Project Management skill.
(2) Component IV of Fadama III: A total of 38 hectares were put under cultivation for
wet season SAWAH tech at birnin kebbi, Jega, Argungu and Suru LGAs. Three (3)
farmers bought their own power tillers to boost their rice production.
NPFS
The programme is operating in 9 LGAs in the state under expansion phase from 3 LGAs of
the 1st phase. Each site or LGA has formed 10 associations that are participating in the
programme. The associations are generally mixed (25 male and 5 female).
In the year 2012, disbursement of packages was not executed due to non-receipt of
enterprise budget funds from NPFS but recovery of disbursed funds of the previous years is
in progress. The percentage recovery stood at 85% as at 31st October 2012.
CBARDP
The state operates IFAD-CBARDP and KB-CBARDP (state funded). While the World Bank fund
operations in 9 LGAs, the state funded (KB-CBARDP) covered all the 21 LGAS in areas ranging
from capacity building, sustainable agric development (SAD), Rural enterprise Dev. & Financial
Linkages (REDFILs), Gender and Vulnerable Groups Dev. (GVG) and Rural infrastructure.
SAD
activities
OFAR trials have been conducted under the Sustainable Agricultural Development (SAD) of the
programme. All the trials were conducted in collaboration with the community members.
The technologies being disseminated in the OFAR trials include:
(1) Stringa control on sorghum.
(2) Improved high yielding and disease resistant G/nut varieties.
(3) G/nut multiplication and food/feed trial
(4) Nitrogen and phosphorus evaluation on maize/soyabean
(5) Demonstration on improved sorghum varieties
(6) Seed multiplication of improved millet, rice and cowpea varieties.
Commercial Agricultural
The state in collaboration with Zenith Bank PLC has disbursed the
Credit Scheme (CACS)
sum of #1b to farmers across the 21 LGAs of the state within the
period under review. The aim of the Scheme is to provide loans to
farmers to boost their agricultural potentials.
Recovery strategy has reached an advance stage. These includes;
- setting up of recovery committee,
- mode of repayment (in cash or in kind),
- payments in cash should be transferred to CACS account
maintained with Zenith Bank plc and
- payment in kind at specified rate/100kg was passed to the
Executive Council for approval.
Collaboration with BATN
Foundation
The Foundation supported 40 farmers in two locations with
inputs and training for rice production. It is intended to be
conducted in three years with effect from 2011. In year 2012
harvesting have been started in all the 2 locations.
RURAL ACCESS AND
MOBILITY PROJET (RAMP)
15 million Naira was paid by the state government as takeoff grant for renovation, office furnishing and purchase of 4
WD vehicle. The Project has developed implementation plans
for rural feeder roads.
NIRSAL
Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural
Lending Initiative (NIRSAL) will share risk with stakeholders
(30-80%) along the agricultural value chain; link insurance
with borrowed money; building capacities of banks and micro
finance institutions. Series of meetings were held with the
stake holders and Committee was proposed for its
implementation in the state.
AETA
Agricultural Extension Transformation Agenda (AETA) sensitization workshop
was held in the state (7th – 9th February, 2012). The visiting Team under the
Chairmanship of Prof. Tunji Arokoyo paid courtesy visit to His Excellency, The
Deputy Governor. A sensitization w/shop was thereafter conducted at
presidential hall. On the last day of the visit the team conducted a meeting with
ADP officials to discuss position of extension activities in the state.
Fertilizer:
In the 2012 cropping season 240mt of assorted fertilizer comprising of NPK
and Urea were procured and sold to farmers. The state govt. subsidized rate
per bag was N1,700.00 for Urea and NPK.
Input Situation
NATASHI
Agro-Chemical
GES SCHEME
Ten thousand (10,000) dry season farmers will be supported with the
required inputs and equipment under the New Agricultural transformation
and self help initiative (NATASHI) programme. The state distributed 5
metric tones of Sippi variety of rice to farmers free of charge.
Adequate but farmers need more enlightenment regarding calibration
and safeguard precaution measures.
The programme was launched on July 9th 2012 by Hon Minister of
Agriculture at Kalgo in Kalgo LGA. A total of 93,875 bags were sold to
46,938 farmers in the state under GES scheme. This represents 61% of the
total registered farmers. The supplies were made by WACOT, NOTORE,
SPRINGFIELD and MBS. Accordingly improved seeds of maize and rice were
supplied by Premier, Maslaha, WACOT and Value Seeds under the
programme.
ANNUAL CROP The state received a team of research scientists to access production
activities on crop and non-crop sub-sectors on 29-30/8/2012 under the
EVALUATION
Input Situation
Tractor/Animal
Traction
PROBLEMS
This has been fully privatised under Private Partnership Arrangement
(PPA) . Cooperative associations in the state under the F.G Community
tractor hiring service programme have paid 10% deposit totaling
N161,621,350 For 226 units of tractors, Only 113 units have been received
in 2010/2011, the remaining balance of 153 is yet to be received. The
brands of tractors under the programme include Messy Ferguson,
Mahindra and Styer. The cost of tillage per hectare ranges from N5,000 to
N6,000 for ploughing and ridging. Harrowing is rarely done by farmers in
the state.
Quiler birds attached millet, rice and late millet in the state. The federal
and state govts. intervened by aerial spray while individuals devised birds
scaring means. These efforts yielded about 70% control.
Stem borer infested late millet which resulted into low production of the
crop.
At the beginning of the wet season the state experienced flood along the
Rima river, river Zamfara and river Niger banks. This flood affected the
production of crops along these banks.