Paper reports that the Borno State government has taken to a completion of an ultra-modern farm centre for the production of improved seedlings that aim to multiply yields for farmers. The state has also taken delivery of 845 additional tractors, bringing the number of tractors at its disposal to about 2000. It has equally taken delivery of 1416 planters to add to its stock. All the farming equipment were imported as part of the government’s post- insurgency plan for commercial agriculture in rural areas as soon as Boko Haram insurgents are defeated. Governor Kashim Shettima inspected the equipment yesterday at the Borno State Agricultural Mechanization Unit, along Dikwa road in Maiduguri. The governor also assessed 25 combined harvesters acquired by the State noting that in the whole of Nigeria, there are currently a total of 56 combined harvesters out of which Borno alone has 25.(Source: Guardian Newspaper - 12/8/15 pg.14).
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