A food processing firm in Kano named Silvex International has given out groundnut seeds as part of its Contract Farming programme to 420 groundnut farmers in the states of Kano and Jigawa.
On Monday in Kano, when giving the seeds to the recipients, the company's managing director, Alhaji Abubakar-Karfi, disclosed the information.
According to him, the scheme ensured farm gate off-take at the going rate.
“We initiated this project to strategically engage farmers in the practice of regenerative agriculture.
“It is a farming principle different from the conventional approach that naturally increases crop yield, minimise the cost of production, and reduces the use of chemicals.
“Under the contract farming, the beneficiary farmers will be trained and input will be distributed to them by the off-taker.
“They are expected to repay the value of input given to them with the produce harvested at the end of the season,” he said.
Musa Saleh-Ajingi responded on behalf of the beneficiaries, expressing his satisfaction and promising to organise a smooth contract farming arrangement.