tag: Jigawa
Nigeria: Strange Tomato Disease Hits Jigawa
A strange disease is ravaging many tomato farms in Jigawa State, raising fears about scarcity and the resultant high cost of the produce.
Fire razes village, food stuff, livestock in Jigawa
“The fire destroyed almost the whole of the village, including animals and foodstuff. Over 60 houses were razed by the fire. The fire began around 11 a.m. and lasted up to 6 p.m.
Jigawa govt. procures improved maize seed to farmers
THE Jigawa government has procured 28 tonnes of maize for its maize farmers at the subsidized rate of N2,500 per 20kg bag for the 2019 cropping season.
Jigawa to vaccinate 1m livestock in 2019
“The exercise is to ensure that livestock is vaccinated to promote production and consumption of wholesome meat and milk in the state and beyond,”
Jigawa releases N2.6m for rehabilitation of windmills
Miko said that the money would be spent on windmills selected from six local government areas of the state.
Kano-Jigawa Customs command impounds N100m worth of smuggled rice
The comptroller stated that the command generated N14.7bn revenue from the 56 seizures it made in 2018.
Jigawa Govt moves to curtail spread of foot and mouth disease in cows
“The director, therefore, called on cattle rearers, community leaders and self-help groups to mobilise and enlighten community members, to seek medical help, in order to protect their animals from the infection.
Jigawa Govt distributes farm inputs to flood victims
The September flooding washed away no fewer than 120,000 hectares of farmlands owned by over 140,000 farmers in the state.
Quela birds add to threats on rice farms in Jigawa
“The pest destroys rice seed by making the pod to shrink thereby preventing it from growing fully,”
Jigawa farmers to purchase 10 combined harvesters
“So far, some farmers have bought the combined harvesters from us, while others have shown interest.
Jigawa purchases seeds worth N110.98m for distribution to farmers
..........the gesture would enable the affected farmers to engage in dry season farming.
Typha grass threatens farming in Jigawa
The typha grass covers 365sq km of land across six local government areas of the state, thereby limiting farming to only about 40 per cent of the land because it makes flow of water in the affected farmlands impossible.
Jigawa farmers demand for access roads to evacuate produce
“We are appealing to the governor to construct road to our community to discourage our people from migrating,”
Pastoralists seek return of grazing lands in Jigawa
“Some of our members were driven from other states of the Federation in search of grazing land, we came back to home state, yet the little lands that we are grazing our animals were still seized from us."
Flood: Jigawa distributes boats to 7 farming communities
The communities are Zugobia, Alanjo, Zuba, Giryo, Furgi, Galdimari and Una.