HortiNigeria has trained 60,000 farmers in modern pest control to combat plant diseases in Kano State. The Sector Coordinator, Business linkage HortiNigeria, Abdullahi Umar, said this on Monday during the Integrated Pest Management exercise at Gidan Kwari demonstration site in the Bunkure Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the exercise was designed to expose farmers to innovative solutions and techniques through application of traps and bio-pesticide to stem tomato common disease (Tuta Absoluta or Tomato ebola).
Mr Umar said that application of the new method would also deal with the pest resistant to chemicals.
He stated, "We targeted 60,000 farmers between Kano and Kaduna, after the training for 12 months. We would move to other states for similar exercise. The IPM is coordinated for a greater Tuta management both environmentally and economically, enhance farmer access to finance and market, to enable them to scale up their businesses.''
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