Appeals Project Kano State Coordination Office

07/02/2024

🚨BREAKING

President Tinubu Direct The Special Presidential Committee On Emergency Food Intervention To Act Immediately And Address The Rising Cost Of Food Items With The Following Interventions :

1- Federal Government To Release Food Items From The National Food Reserves For Availability And Reduction In Costs.

2-Federal Government To Engage Major Manufacturers And Commodity Traders.

3-Provide Food Subsidy In Efforts To Boost Food Availability Across The Country.

4-Provide Support To Local Farmers , Plants To Ensure Massive Production.

5-Federal Government To Move Against Saboteurs Hoarding And Inflating Prices .

6-Work With State Governors To Boost Food Security Programmes.

More Interventions Expected !!!

17/11/2023

04/09/2023

Kano State Governor Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf Flags-Off Dry Season Support to 300 Value Chain farmers under APPEALS Project KNSCO

His Excellency, Engnr Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Executive Governor of Kano State, has today 4th of Sept, 2023 flags-off the distribution of dry season support for the adoption of improved Production technologies across Rice, Tomato and Wheat Farmers in Kano State.

The Flags-Off ceremony was part of the Formal Launching /Flags-Off of the Agricultural Intervention Programmes in the state organised by Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA).

Engr Abba Kabir disclosed that the state government is providing input support to 300 farmers across the value chains of Rice, Tomato and Wheat under APPEALS Project free of charge.

He said the support was in order to encourage farmers to take advantage of of the vast Agricultural resources to grow more food, improve livelihood and create more jobs for the teeming women and Youth in the state.

He further stated that the gesture would not only help to cushion the effect of subsidy removal but to kick-start a remarkable Agricultural revolution that will make the state less dependant on the federal allocation.

On his part the State Project Coordinator, APPEALS Project KNSCO, Dr. Hassan Ibrahim gave an overview of APPEALS Project and spoke at length on the Project's success stories.

Dr. Hassan Ibrahim, emphacised that APPEALS Project in Kano State has transformed the production of local Gurasa to Modern solar energy Gurasa Production, from 16 pieces using local earth pot in 30 minutes to 40 pieces using the solar energy modern, hygienic Gurasa Production Oven in 16 minutes.

He disclosed that the Project was also able to transform the usual Gwari trend on Tomato production into a more reliable, stable supply all year round, named Bagauda Green House tomato production cluster.

To hit the nail on the head, APPEALS has promoted the production of Rice in the state, from 2.5 metric tonnes per hectare to 7.5 metric tonnes per hectare using improved Production technologies, he said.

On his remarks the Managing Director, KNARDA, Dr. Farouk Kurawa, congratulated his Excellency, Engnr Abba Kabir Yusuf for remarkable achievements in the state for a short period in office.

Rabi Mustapha Sadiq
Communication Officer
APPEALS Project KNSCO

07/08/2023

Success Story on Rice Value Chain
Farmers recorded 100% increase in yield

APPEALS Project KNSCO has significantly increased the productivity of the farmers across the value chains with rice yield from 2.5 metric tonnes per hectare to 5 metric tonnes per hectare.

This showed that the increase in rice production represents 128 percent after the project intervention in Kano State.

03/08/2023

News Flash:MD KNARDA urged KNSG to Develop Agric Policy.

The newly appointed Managing Director of Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA) Dr. Farouk Kurawa, who double as the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Executive Governor of Kano State, Engnr Abba Kabir Yusuf made the statement yesterday 2nd of August, 2023.

Dr Farouk Kurawa, disclosed this when the management staff of APPEALS Project Kano State Coordinating Office paid him a visit in his office to intimate him on the Project's Implementation Status Report.

He said "Agric Policy is essential to track progress and determines direction of Agricultural sector in the state. The needs to take a bold step towards the development of a comprehensive Agric Policy becames necessary he said.

He disclosed that Kano state government do not have a comprehensive Agric-Policy at the moment, the federal government has a long time history of Agric Policy of which the States are expected to study develop and link their own, he said.

He then commended the efforts of APPEALS Project Kano state Coordinating Office for taking the sector to greater heights and assured the state government's support to ensure that success is maintained.

Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA) is among the major stakeholders and collaborating institutes of APPEALS Project implementation in Kano, in the area of Extension services, technology demonstrations, farmer's business schools, farmer's field days among others.

On his part the State Project Coordinator, Dr Hassan Ibrahim, disclosed that the Project has so far achieved 161 business alliances, 20 outgrower schemes and 57 offtakers in the state along across the 3 priority Value chains(Rice, Tomato and Wheat) Agri-businesses clusters.

He said one hundred percent of the project's beneficiaries had recorded an increase in yield of an average of 128 percent for rice, 100 percent for tomato and 33 percent for Wheat respectively.

"Equally, the Project has contributed to the National Food Basket with 115,222Mt food grains (109,702Mt Rice, and 5,520Mt of Wheat) and 38,428Mt of Tomato from inception of the project to date, "Dr. Hassan said.

He said the project was able to achieve this feat by increasing farmers’ productivity through reducing production costs, quality of raw and processed outputs, increasing profit margins for farms, and improving the supply chain of priority value chain during the period.

Regarding sustainability and exit strategy plan according to him, the project had also been able to form an association of farmers tagged "Kano All APPEALS Farmers Association (KAAFA) and established a Microfinance Bank named Kano APPEALS Microfinance Bank (KAMF Bank) in Gezawa which currently has 4,971 number of accounts, and has facilitated market linkage and access to inputs support to all Agari-Business clusters with AFEX.

The SPC said the project had also improved farmers livelihood in post harvest loss reduction through supporting Small and Medium Enterprises with Combine Harvester Hire Service to ease accessibility to High Machineries for Agricultural Mechanisation and promote utilization of common user assets.

"Iam happy to say that we did not experience much challenges on the overall implementation of the project because Kano state farmers have high hand experience in agriculture due to frequent agricultural extension services that is in practice and the massive irrigation facilities that we have. Farmers welcome the intervention with good heart.

He said under the production and productivity enhancement component, the project had demonstrated no fewer than 70 screened Climate Smart and Nutrition Sensitive technologies and provided many machines, production inputs and infrastructure support in different locations of the State.

"Under this component of the project, had improve the livelihoods of 10,355 farmers and entrepreneurs have increased through ownership of additional Natural and Productive Assets.

He noted a total of 82,840 indirect farm families benefited from the various project interventions in addition to facilitating the creation of additional 39,005 direct and indirect Jobs.

"We were also able to construct a total of 13.3km access roads across the intervention sites to link farm lands with processing and market clusters. Roads constructed are 3.2 km at Balare Rice and wheat production cluster in Ajingi LGA, 0.85km at Gidan Tuku Rice production cluster in Wudil LGA and 0.47km at Kwanar Dawaki Rice Processing Cluster in Dawakin Kudu LGA

Also, we constructed 11 Aggregation centres at Chiromawa, Karfi, Zakirai, Jarman Baka, Darki, Karaye, Bichi, Sundu, Jemomi, Alkammawa and Balare.

The project had also constructed two Cottage processing centres at Nassarawa and Bagwai local government areas of the state.

Rabi Mustapha Sadiq
Communication Officer
APPEALS Project Kano state coordinating.

25/07/2023

News Flash : Technical back stopping, desk review and consultations on WYEP sustainability.

The National Coordinating Office, has assigned a committee, led by the National Women, Youth and Livelihood Specialist (WYLS) Madam Heather Ronke Akanni to conduct desk review and consultations meeting in 4 of the participating States.

The decision to conduct the meeting was made during the 10th Implementation Support Mission, after the successful completion of Women and Youth Empowerment Programme (WYEP) across the participating States.

The meeting was set to follow up the findings and recommendations on critical aspect of sustainability and scaling up of the enterprises under WYEP.

The main aims of the meeting is to review issues regarding :
Insurance coverage
Transfer of enterprises accounts
Accessing 2nd level financing and
Mentorship.

Responding to the team the State Project Coordinator, Dr. Hassan Ibrahim, welcome the team and disclosed that the transfer of enterprise accounts to the beneficiaries is in it last stage.

He said over 70 percent of the beneficiaries have taken full ownership of their business account, adding that the issue of mentorship and couching have been concluded immediately after WYEP implementation in the state.

He further stated that each and every interprise has been couched by a mentor for 3 months after the implementation of WYEP in Kano.

He then congratulates the National Coordinating Office (NCO) and team for successful completion of program across the participating States and then assured the State Coordinating Office support and cooperation whenever the need arises.

Rabi Mustapha Sadiq
Communication Officer
APPEALS Project, Kano state coordinating Office.

13/07/2023

📢 Thursday Nuggets


‘’It used to be very difficult transporting our produce on this road. Most times, our trucks would get stuck due to how terrible the road was. Back then, a lot of truckers refused to drive into the cluster. Some days, the truckers spent nearly three hours stuck on the road and could spend up to 24 hours waiting for the ground to dry before they could move. But as you can see now, heavy trucks now ply the road to and fro with ease, after the road was constructed with a good drainage system by APPEALS Project. All these were done for free and at no cost to us. We are nothing but very thankful to the APPEALS Project for this support”

Mall. Hala Haliru
Chairman, Kwanar Dawaki Cluster
Kwanar Dawaki Cluster Farm Access Road measuring 0.47km was constructed by Appeals Project Kano State Coordination Office

13/07/2023

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un!
We regret to announce the death of one of the APPEALS Project Kano state coordinating Office, service provider, in person of Mal. Ahmad Jafar (Moji). Our deepest sympathy and deepcondolences from the core of our heart. Allah has taken away what he owns. Don’t be sad. May Allah (SWT) grant him the highest peak of Jannah and forgive his sins. Our sincere condolences to his family and associate. May Allah s.w.t. grant him Jannatul-Firdaus and forgive his sins. May the Almighty Allah expand his grave😭😭 and give him eternal peace. Allah is always merciful towards people who believe in him.

29/06/2023

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