The Sasakawa Africa Association has commenced training of agro-dealers to strengthen support for 100,000 smallholder maize and soybean farmers.
Mr Kofar-Mata said the pumps would reduce production costs during dry-season farming and increase farmers’ profitability.
Mr Sule said, “Agriculture is crucial to Nasarawa, and we have made significant investments to boost its development.’’
Mr Enr said that the idea was developed in Kenya in 2006.
The 100 units of single-row planters are being distributed to farmers across different farming communities in the 44 LGAs of the state.
