TY  - CONF
N2  - The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (AT ASP-1) of the Federal Government of Nigeria was launched m 2015 as a follow up to the previous. Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). It is expected to create in 120.000jobs along the value chain of priority commodities and add additional 20 million metric tons of food. Project activities included thematic training, on-farm technology demonstrations, community seed production and formation of Innovation Platforms for market linkages. The project has made remarkable progress in enhancing access to quality seeds and other inputs to over 34.300 farmers while expanding knowledge of best-bet productron technologies in over 100 communities across three staple crop processing zones (SCPZ). Duiing the 2016 cropping season, farmers produced over 70,268 Mt of grains valued at Ģi9.135billion (US$29M). The use of improved varieties increased yields by 32%. 42% and 64% in Bida-Badeggi. Kano-Jigawa and Sokoto-Kebbi SCPZ. respectively. Seed dressing increased yields by 38%. 27%. and 30% m the three SCPZs respectively, while tillage practices increased yields by 20% and 55% m Kano - Jigawa and Sokoto - Kebbi SCPZs. Through Innovation Platforms set up with other stakeholders and market linkages to large scale processors, 109.76 tons of seeds were procured and planted. Average yield obtained on the improved technologies was 1.5 tha compared to 1 1 t/ha by other farmers giving a 40% increase. A total of 1,093 women farmers comprising of about 34.2% of the total number of participating farmers benefited directly from the project. Seed fairs, rural radios and audio-visual broadcasts on improved sorghum production technologies were used to reach non-participating farmers within the zones.
N1  - Oral presentation at 51st Annual Conference of Agricultural Society of Nigeria(ASN); 23rd -27th Oct.,2017. Pages : 1095-1099.
AV  - public
KW  - Agricultural Transformation
KW  -  Sorghum production technologies
KW  -  Farmers access
KW  -  Marketing
A1  - Ajeigbe, H A
A1  - Akinseye, F M
A1  - Angarawai, I I
A1  - Umma, S A
A1  - Inuwa, A H
A1  - Adinoyi, A
A1  - Abdulazeez, T
TI  - Enhancing farmers? access to technology and market for increased sorghum productivity in the selected staple crop processing zones
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10373/
T2  - 51st Annual Conference of Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN)
SP  - 1068
Y1  - 2017/10//
ID  - icrisat10373
EP  - 1072
M2  - Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
ER  -