Federal Government has donated farming equipment worth millions of naira to farmers to boost dry and wet season farming in Katsina State. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this known during the launch and distribution of farming items procured and donated to farmers in the state.

Kyari identified items donated to the farmers as 4,000 pieces of water pump machines and 4,000 units of sprayers. Other items are 4,000 litres of insecticides, 4,000 litres of selective herbicides, and 4,000 litres of non-selective herbicides, among others.

The minister said the donations were aimed at augmenting what the state government was doing in developing the agricultural sector in the state. He said supporting farmers with such items would go a long way to alleviate the burden of farmers to enable them to carry out their farming activities with ease.

In his remarks, Governor Dikko Radda said the farming equipment bought by the state, would be distributed free of charge to farmers.

Radda identified the items as 4,000 hand-powered tillers, 4,000 solar-powered water pumps and 48,000 bags of assorted fertiliser.