Gombe trains farmers on weather forecast, cropping guides
Chima Azubuike, Gombe
Gombe state government, on Monday, held a seminar on weather forecast, cropping guide and modern farming techniques for farmers, organised through the ministry of Agriculture.
Other stakeholders in the State also benefited from the 2021 wet season training geared towards equipping them in the face of climate change and global warming.
Declaring the seminar open, Commissioner for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Muhammad Gettado, explained that the sensitisation would empower farmers towards understanding the basics of farming methodology before, during and after each cropping season in view of the fast changing climatic condition.
Gettado said, “Gombe State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is poised to keeping farmers in the State abreast with modern farming techniques so as to guard against avoidable losses during and after each cropping season.
“There is need for farmers in the State to understand what to cultivate, when to cultivate and where to cultivate a certain farm produce in view of meteorological reports indicating differentials of rainfall from place to place.”
On her part, Programme Manager Gombe State Agricultural Development Programme, (GSADP), Abigail Fada, lauded the State Ministry Agriculture and Animal Husbandry for taking farmers through a guide tour on the proper and timely planting of crops.
She expressed confidence that the seminar would go a long way in guiding farmers on the crops to be planted in view of weather forecast and cropping guide Technology.
Also, Dr. Joseph Kaltungo, Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry while delivering a weather prediction report by Nigeria metrological agency (NIMET) on the breakdown of rainfalls in each of the Local Government Areas of the State and what farmers should practically do in their best interest, said “farmers in Gombe South and Gombe Central will have no problem planting early, middle or late maturity varieties of crops while those in Gombe North will do well to cultivate extra early maturing varieties of crops.”
