More than 8,000 Niger farmers have been educated on best agronomic practices by Bayer Nigeria. This was part of activities to commemorate the Annual Harvest Day celebration organised by One Acre Fund in collaboration with Bayer Nigeria Limited.
Bayer demonstrated its agronomic expertise as the farmers from Boso and Paikoro local government areas were taught new farming methods including how to conduct the ‘harvest basket’ initiative to know their farm yield.
Exhibition
The company featured exhibitions of some farm products and a visit to a demo farm in Jazu village set up by Bayer to showcase the results of their innovative products for maize growers. The product includes high quality hybrid maize seeds such as dekalb, lagon and roundup herbicides, belt expert and decis insecticides to tackle fall armyworm and other insect pests of maize.
Speaking, representative of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Niger State, Mr. Abdullahi Umar, sought for a robust partnership between the state government and Bayer. Umar advised farmers in the community to take advantage of the company’s products to enable them to mitigate pests and diseases, grow with increased yields and contribute to the agricultural sector both in Niger State and in Nigeria as a whole.
In his remarks, the Country Sales Manager of Bayer Nigeria Temitope Banjo said the company’s interest is to support growers to achieve high yields and profits, safe crops, and a sustainable environment.
As part of its support service initiative to growers, the Bayer team educated the farmers on global best practices for cultivating maize for optimum yield, while using the lagon pre-emergence herbicide for efficient weed management and proper way of using and applying the insecticides provided by the company.
