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The Ekiti State Ministry of Agricultural Growth and Meals Safety and Howdy Tractor have agreed on a strategic partnership to spice up mechanized farming in Ekiti State forward of the 2024 planting
season.
The Nation Managing Director of Howdy Tractor in Nigeria, a number one technology-enabled digital market for tractor contracting in Africa, Dr. Nneka Enwonwu, disclosed this in an announcement made obtainable to THISDAY in Abuja on Monday.
Enwonwu, who just lately returned from Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, the place the settlement was concluded, emphasised that such strategic partnerships are essential.
He defined that extra states throughout Nigeria are at present making strikes to develop programmes round meals safety, youth empowerment and job creation.
Enwonwu mentioned: “At Howdy Tractor, we’re enthusiastic about this partnership as a result of it’s going to empower smallholder farmers and result in extra effectivity in farming by way of mechanization.
“From the native authorities extension brokers to the reserving brokers, all the best way to the technicians, shifting in the direction of mechanization in keeping with the Ekiti State Agricultural Growth Plan.
“The programme aligns completely with our firm’s dedication to companion with states which can be engaged on progressive and sustainable agricultural options for his or her individuals.”
He added that the worldwide commonplace for mechanized farming is 200 tractors per 100 sq. kilometres of arable land.
He mentioned nations in sub-Saharan Africa have a meagre 27 tractors for a similar space, with Nigeria’s common being far much less.
In response to Enwonwu, “For the final ten years, Howdy Tractor has been working to attach extra smallholder farmers with mechanized companies to assist them enhance their productiveness.
“The corporate has digitized and serviced over 1.1 million farmers and has over 3.3 million acres beneath administration.”
