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is the highest producer of date-palm but still imports
In this Interview a major date-palm merchant and farmer at Kwanan Babaldu In Jjgawa Stato, AlhaJll bra hlm Mohammed alias Alhajl Ya ro said tholargost quantity of date-palm consumed In Nigeria Is imported from Algeria and the Middle East through NigerRepublic. He said Kana was the major depot ofthe fruit In West Africa but the Arabs transferred It to
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Niger Republic due to the Insincerity of Nigerian dealers. Excerpts:
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want 10 poridelO our ~ wt.:
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OP_ U'rat'l BltLa is lhe first kmalt' chxlor from 'lortbt n ~ lt~n~not Dr.I.J~ Imol AJiunu a>o .1l1uJed In ftIW' wt lie, II 01; 17-07· I.! In O.aLI~' Trust. l"rur. A, It Muun.n 1lI At..IIONIQ fcatun rrport or.' 'HWlJI.IT 00' (AcciY)
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the &wi and throw --r the II!aI aod II:
~ no onr knows who tfuow ~ the RI'd <lid 10 nobody can claim
~il. Vo1lcnJ'OUmtab.coiw-m. wah awraI dR--pilm truI in one pIaa JOUknowtbll tbl»tones wm" piaImJ.
IITA provides Jigawa farmers with improved cassava, cowpea and maize seeds the nat t'NO w«ks, tM inltltute:
The ImprovN J«ds. compruing SOO
wul be de:hverinl lmproved cu,...
kilograms ncb of cowpea and m~ wUl be planted on ~ p&ou acrou the 111oc:aJ SOftfM'mlJ ohbc Iu.te with the luppon of fannen and the Jigawa
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T HE lnlt'm.atlOfW Institute for Ttupl ad Alflo..ulhue (UTA) it let 10 provldl! ligaon S·.te I'lftrnrmnt with improved cowpn. and l"IZC~ VIIrietu:, I I put or d forts Itl hd l Improvr agrlcultufC In that.ta't'_ II TI Deputy DirKlorGeneral ror Partl1en hlrs and Caplle" , Building.
Or Mentt·o [>a;.hlell Aid the mltllule also pllau to bu.lulop the ntwly nlabll,hed .latc-crwT1N ~auaY1l .tuch Industry. tintina I to '''arkC'ts ....d abo offering rarmus lmprofcd cassan. plantlnl mate:· riA" to e: ruu ~ a Iteady lupply o( cauaVII roolIlO ' he (I . 10'1'.
planLInl malntab for mu1tipUatlon. The: Institute it sJad to bar rIP" State: tackH: the: dWImp: 0((000 im«unty. and ere:· ate: wealth and Improve livelihoods. Cal' Ava, cowpea, and malu arc lmportant crops In that northWCItun Jtale Ind Will contribute to the (ood K'Curny and wealth creation o( mlUioru of people; he Aid. The donation of the: i.mprow'uI t«dIlnp comes afkr the JipWil State JO"'CflIOf. Dr Su.k Lamido ~ to UTA to help hit ~ot lum around agriculture duro iOI a (onam on -RqUYC'natlRllrrA- hekl rarly IhlJ month In lbadan.
StOlle: Agricultur.J Dndormcnt Pro· gnm. SftdJ harvuted (rom the demon · stration. will be liven to farmul ahead o( next plan1iniscalOn In 20ll, ampllfyinl the benefilJ ofimproYCd te:chnolopcs to r~n.
ThclostitutewWaboUSWthesmcm' ment by !iMina bu~ to the liP" State cusava &t1rCh factory. With an lrutallcd proca.s.l nl apKIly of .. IDni of cusa.. roolJ pcr hour, the faclO'1' aims to add
value to caJAVII, thereby cmlina wca1u. (or aHaVII (armen. Plan. arc abo undc~y to bcstn the production of prri and hlah qual!!y ( U. UVI flour that an be used by bUtts and In the con(<<t1onary IndUSlJ"y. The introduction o( Improved CURva nridtcS offUl the state the opportunity to tap the power o( the root crop for talpld ..,-Icul · tural devclopmenL GovcTnor Suk Lamido thanked UTA for offerln, to aupport the Sla!C In ilJ apicultural tnnsl"ormaUoII apnda..del. In). -We need to ckvdop a ItrOnI pIIrt· nashlp to Im,rac:1 poIltivdy on the Uvu of our people.