BOA intervention boosts ginger farming in Kaduna

Ginger farmers in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State are recording promising harvests following an intervention by the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) to revive production after ginger blight devastated the sector, according to Punch Nigeria. The program has reached approximately 3,400 farmers across 15 clusters by providing agricultural extension services and ginger planting materials.

During a Sunday visit to inspect mature crops and harvested ginger in Kachia, BOA Managing Director Ayodeji Sotinrin stated that some of the harvested ginger will be used for tissue culture to produce planting materials on a larger scale. This is intended to extend the intervention to more farmers beyond the current participating communities. Punch Nigeria reports that the bank is working toward establishing nurseries to support ginger production in 16 states to expand cultivation beyond current locations.

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