Kwara State Polytechnic Reaps Success with 25 Tonnes of Maize Harvest

Date: 2024-08-09

According to a news report from Punch, the Kwara State Polytechnic has successfully harvested 25 tonnes of maize from its farm, with an estimated value of N30 million based on a market survey.

This bountiful harvest represents approximately 10 per cent of the maize supply that enters one of Ilorin's grain markets at Ago daily.

Dr Abdul-Jimoh Mohammed, the Rector of the institution, shared the achievement and recounted how the polytechnic transformed its land encroachment issue into an opportunity. He also anticipated that the farm's cassava yield would amount to an estimated 180 tonnes when harvested later in the year.

“Today, we are harvesting our first farm produce and I believe it necessary to make it public.

“It's our response to the challenge by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to maximise the potential of the institutions and we intend to sustain the process,” he said.

Speaking during the harvest of the farm yields on Thursday, Mohammed said “With the effort of the management and support of the Ministry of Tertiary Institutions, we have been able to reduce the level of encroachment through the farming initiative.

“We began by engaging in commercial farming. We deploy this initiative to reduce the vacant land, discourage encroachment and make food available and affordable to members of the polytechnic communities and Kwarans.

“We started by cultivating 20 hectares, although we initially cleared 10 hectares and another 10 hectares later with the planting of cassava and maize and we will also plant soybeans towards the end of the rainy season, as advised.

“Come next rainy season, the management is planning to cultivate another 20 hectares and we are also considering leasing spaces for farming to interested members of the public.

“Although we are still working on the modality for this arrangement, the management will forward whatever modality we agreed on to the governor who has been encouraging us on this initiative through our supervising ministry.”

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Innocent Okoye     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Amuda Bembe     Sa\'adu Gambari     Centre For Digital Economy     Bilikisu Gambari     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Orisa Bridge     Farouk Salim     New Model Police Station     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Segun Abifarin     Shettima Of Ilorin     Olushola Saraki     Saka Onimago     Ilorin International Airport     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     NTA Ilorin     Democracy Day     KWATMA     Belgore     Hussein Oloyede     Zainab Abass     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Elerinjare     KwaraLearn     Ayo Salami     Federal Allocation     SSA Youth     Park     Oba-Solagberu     Muritala Awodun     Taofeeq Olateju     Olaoye B. Felix     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Isapa     Titus Ashaolu     UNIFEMGA     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Harafat E. Mukadam     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Hausa     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Okanlawon Taiwo     Bello Bature     Olateju Lukman     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Atunwa     John Olobayo     IQRA College     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Matthew Okedare     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ayinde Oyepitan     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Elerin Of Adanla     Moshood Bakare     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Alaiye     Rasheed Jimoh     Suwa-Arabs     Yusuf Arowosaye     Oloriegbe     Taofik Abdulkareem     Ambassador Kayode Laro     IsDB     Kwarareports     Danladi     Labaeka     Okoolowo     Idris Garuba     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Kolade Solagberu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tunde Kazeem     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Sarakite     Rueben Parejo     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Basic Education Certificate Examination     High Court     Adisa Logun     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Dele Belgore     Mustapha Olanipekun     Apado     Yusuf Arowosaye     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kaosarah Adeyi     Bilikisu Gambari     Bureau Of Lands     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Tafida     Omotoso     Suwa-Arabs     SSA Youth     Samuel Adedoyin     Ita-Ore     AGF Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Fire Service     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Sunday Otokiti     University Road     Neo Mundo Ltd     AGM Professional Services     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Femi Oladiji     Umar Danladi Shero     Cassava Growers\' Association     Presidential Election     Balogun Ajikobi     Kwarareports     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Mohammed Saidu     Monsurat Omotosho     Baba Idris     Oro Grammar School     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Tuesday Assayomo     Rotimi Atere     Bilikis Oladimeji     Fola Consultant     Yekeen Alabi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Omoniyi Ayinla     Computer Based Test     Abdulhakeem Amao     KWSIEC     Maigida     Ilorin Like-Minds     Eghe Igbinehin     Oloye     Akanbi-Oke     Ayedun     Ibrahim Mohammed     ENetSuD     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     3MTT     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ayegbeni     Adamu Atta