IITA, Kwara Poly Partner in Fabrication of Farm Tools

Date: 2017-06-29

The management of the Institute of International Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo state and Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin have concluded arrangement to partner on the adoption of 14 modern fabricated farm tools from the institution so as to boost food production in the country.

Among the adopted fabricated tools include solar driers, battery-operated boom sprayers, portable mobile cold storage maize planters, mowers, cassava harvesters and honey extractors.

Others are plantain chips pulverizers, locust beans diluters, pedal threshers, cassava friers, briquetting machines, bio-mass dryers (using briquettes) and evaporating coolers (for fruit and vegetables)?.

The Director of Mechanisation of IITA, Dr. Peter Kolawole disclosed this in Ilorin yesterday during the visit of the management of the institute to the mini-campus of the polytechnic located at Adewole area, Ilorin, the state capital.

He said that the visit of the Institute to the polytechnic was to explore its available technology as part of move to improve farm yields in the country.

Kolawole also lamented the bad finishing of machines being imported to Nigeria for farmers and other part of African countries.

He, however, noted that the Africa Union has resolved and introduced Transformation of Africa Agricultural Technology (TAAT), to drive the African farmers from the use of hoes and cutlasses, but rather empower technical technological Institutions in Africa to fabricate tools for farmers.

The Director further said that the TAAT scheme will encourage Africans to engage in agricultural exercise regardless of their various professions.

Earlier, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu said that, the Nigeria economic problem can only be solved through agriculture which 80% of it revolves around Engineering and Technological Development.

Elelu who was represented by the Deputy Rector (Academics), Yekeen Oyebode said, ?that, this zeal would only be achieved with the support from various agricultural institutes like IITA.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

NTA Ilorin     KW-GIS     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Samuel Adaramola     Matthew Okedare     Mazars Consulting     Dunmade     TETFUND     Doyin Agbamu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Maryam A. Garuba     Modibbo Kawu     Dele Belgore     Kayode Issa     Bello Oyebanji     Sunday Fagbemi     Aminu Ado Bayero     Wahab Agbaje     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Peter Amogbonjaye     Elesie Of Esie     ER-KANG Mining     Abubakar Usman Jos     IQRA College     Gani Saadu     Amina El-Imam     Ibrahim Labaika     Garba Dogo     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Temi Kolawole     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Offa     Nigeria Computer Society     Ilorin General Hospital     Bello Oyedepo     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Okin Biscuits     Alikinla     Abdulkareem Alabi     Ekweremadu     Saliu Ajia     Taofeek Ibraheem     Ajayi Okasanmi     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Marafan Shonga     Amuda Bembe     Coronavirus     SUBEB     Okanlawon Taiwo     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Salihu Ajia     Mohammed Lawal     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Idi-Ape     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ileloke     Yahaya Muhammad     Kwara State Fire Service     Tunde Yusuf     Bayer Nigeria Limited     CCEPE     Issa Manzuma     Ayedun     Saka Keji     Tayo Awodiji     Gbugbu International Market     Olatunji Moronfoye     Abdulazeez Arowona     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     EndSARS     Ilorin Metro Park     Balogun Gambari     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Nnazua    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Neo Mundo Ltd     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Dankaka     Gbenga Awoyale     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Shururat Olatinwo     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Ethical College     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Borgu     Alimi     Ibrahim Taiwo     Zainab Abass     National Democratic Congress     Olam Food Ingredients     Atunwa     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Haleeman Salman     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Maryam Ado Bayero     Centre For Digital Economy     Sherif Sagaya     Rapheal Ashaolu     Awwal Jawondo     Sun Qing Rong     Suleman Abubakar     Tosin Saraki     Oyedepo     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Isa Aremu     Issa Baba     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Jawondo     Olayinka Olaogun     Baba Issa Awoye     Yashikira     Gurei     Baba Issa     Yahaya Dumoye     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Salihu Yahaya     Kwara 2023     Oko-Olowo     Ilorin General Hospital     Femtech     Saliu Ajia     Valsolar     Lola Olabayo     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Musibau Akanji     Oko     Oloye     Kola Bukoye     Micheal Imoudu     Ndakene     Saeedat Aliyu     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Mubarak Oladosu     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Hakeem Idris     Hakeem Lawal     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ubandoma     Joseph Daudu     Alikinla     AbdulHamid Adi     Mashood Dauda     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Igosun     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Saheed Akinwumi