Food security: KSADP records 150% yield increase in Kano
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By Muhammad Nur Tijani
Kano, Dec. 20, 2025 (NAN) Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has recorded yield increases of over 150 per cent across major crops, strengthening food security and farmers’ incomes in Kano State.
The Country Director of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), Dr Godwin Atser, disclosed this on Saturday at the KSADP/SAA Project Close-Out Workshop in Kano.
Atser said the gains were achieved through the crop value chain component of KSADP, implemented by SAA in partnership with the Kano State Government.
He explained that the project, launched in 2020, targeted low productivity, weak extension services, high post-harvest losses and limited market access faced by smallholder farmers in the state.
According to him, SAA implemented integrated interventions covering agricultural extension, productivity enhancement, climate-smart agriculture, seed system development, mechanisation, post-harvest management and market linkages.
Atser said more than 477,000 farmers across the 44 local government areas of the state benefited from improved technologies and advisory services under the project.
“Yield increases of over 150 to 226 per cent were recorded across crops such as rice, maize, sorghum, millet, tomato, onion and cabbage.
“These improvements translated into higher incomes, with average earnings rising to about N972,462 per hectare through better productivity, reduced costs and enhanced access to markets,” he said.
The country director added that the project strengthened public extension systems through capacity building, provision of mobility and digital tools, and deployment of community-based facilitators.
He said over 100,000 women and youths were integrated into production, processing and agribusiness activities, while investments in aggregation, storage and processing helped to reduce post-harvest losses.
Atser commended the support of the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, as well as the KSADP Project Management Unit and development partners.
He expressed confidence that the systems and capacities established under KSADP would be sustained and scaled up to further enhance food security and agricultural transformation in Kano State. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani