Nigeria partners Japan to assemble tractors

Date: 2021-05-24

Federal Government may have concluded plans that would make Nigeria a ground for the assemblage of some relevant Japanese agricultural technologies.

The development, which may be feasible before the end of this year, is expected to make light and heavy agric equipment affordable and accessible to more Nigerian farmers.

Accordingly, all the relevant agric parastatals have been placed on red alert to brace up for the partnership between the two nations, as many of their campuses are being penciled down for the take off of the project.

The Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali, made these disclosures, yesterday, at the opening ceremony of an intensive two-week training for operators and repairers of tractors across the nation's 36 states' ministries of agriculture.

"We have the mandate to be in Abuja very soon, where we have been reliably informed of the proposed needs by Nigerian government to collaborate with the Japanese government to start assembling their agric machinery here in Nigeria. The cost of foreign labour is removed and substituted with local labour. This will automatically lead to a drastic drop in the price of tractors in Nigeria.

"Our personnel are ready for the new challenge. Even before now, we fabricate new mini-tractors for the use of both rich and average Nigerian farmers at affordable prices. This is in addition to other numerous machines we fabricate and manufacture here.

This new collaboration will no doubt make affordable and accessible tractors in Nigeria," Kasali said.

NCAM, the only one of its kind in the Sub-Saharan Africa may form a leading Channel to be chosen by the Federal government to collaborate with the Japanese government in this endeavour.

The proposed collaboration is christened 'Africa Field Innovation Centre for Agricultural Technologies' (AFICAT).

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Galadiman Ngeri     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Ajia-Bako     Shuaib Jawondo     George Innih     Revenue Court     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Babatunde Idiagbon     Magaji Are     Amasa     Sabitiyu Grillo     AbdulRauf Keji     Garba Dogo     Bola Tinubu     Communication Network Support Services     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Kola Adesina     Gambari     Olawuyi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Maryam A. Garuba     Fulani     Sai Kayi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Jalala     Matthew Babaoye     Ilorin.Info     High Court     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Garba Ado Sanni     Saad Omo\'ya     Amada Jidda     Adeola Abraham     Nagode     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Musa Abdullahi     CBT     BIR     Al-Hikmah University     SUBEB     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Amuda Bembe     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kayode Alabi     Transition Implementation Committee     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Nnazua     Isapa     IHS     Omoniyi Ayinla     Clara Nwachukwu     March 18     Doyin Awoyale     Pius Abioje     Modupe Oluwole     Egbejila     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     John Olajide Adedipe     Femi Oladiji     SSA Youth Engagement     Okala Baba     Olatinwo     Odolaye Aremu     Kwara Basketball Association     Plat Technologies Limited     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Isau     Kwabes     Femtech     Rex Olawoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Rebecca Bake     Oke-Ero     Kwara Politics     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     ANCOPPS     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Ilorin     Baruten     Bukola Ajikobi     KFA     Anilelerin     Quarry Royal Valley     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Post-utme     Olatunji Moronfoye     Okedare     Saliu Alamoyo     Labaeka     Sa\'adu Salau     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Law School Scholarship     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Bello Oyebanji     Dankaka     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Binta Abubakar Mora     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Revenue Court     Yinka Aluko     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Mary Arinde     Nigerian Correctional Service     Gwanara     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Jimoh Bashir     Oke-Odo     Olokoba Sulyman     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Kale Belgore     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Nupe     Musibau Akanji     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Bayo Ojo     Lawan     IFK     MATTA Girls Foundation     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Mohammed Danjuma     Moronfoye     Tayo Awodiji     Akanbi-Oke     Modupe Oluwole     Sulaiman Gado     Al-Hikmah Radio     TETFUND     Kwara State Polytechnic     Government House     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Afolayan     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     First Lady     Bahago     Tsaragi/Share     Risikat Lawal     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Kwara State Sports Commission     Omoniyi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     John Obuh     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Offorjama     Sam Onile     Halimah Perogi