Achievements

Agriculture

Mechanisation, irrigation, inputs and extension services for farmers.

In this sector: 12
Completed: 9
LGAs reached: 34

Bags of grain and farm inputs stacked for distribution to communities

400 tractors and 10 combine harvesters for farmers

Through KASPA, farmers got over 400 tractors with full accessories, 10 combine harvesters and 1,000 hand planters, with ploughing subsidised by 50%.

Statewide₦21.8bn

A tractor pulls a plough across a dry field, raising dust

AgricultureYouths trained

Completed

Central Mechanisation Hub at Tashar Bala and 34 LGA centres

A hub in Batagarawa assembles machinery locally and trains mechanics, with a mechanisation centre planned for every LGA. Over 1,000 youths trained.

Batagarawa

AgricultureSolar pumps distributed

Completed

4,000 solar irrigation pumps for dry-season farming

Solar water pumps distributed to farmers so they can grow crops through the dry season.

Statewide₦8.28bn

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda with stakeholders after announcing an agricultural research institute for Katsina, August 2026

AgricultureExtension officers

Completed

Extension workforce grown from 74 to over 780

Trained extension officers in the LGAs, given 722 motorcycles on loan to reach farmers.

Statewide

AgriculturebagsFertiliser per ward

Completed

Fertiliser for every ward and 90,000 bags of grain

100 bags of fertiliser per ward and 90,000 bags of grain distributed in response to drought.

Statewide₦36bn

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda speaks at the launch of the 2026 fertiliser sales and distribution programme in Malumfashi, April 2026

AgriculturePrice per bag

Ongoing

Fertiliser at ₦25,000 a bag, delivered to every polling unit

The 2026 fertiliser programme sells at a subsidised ₦25,000 per bag through all 6,652 polling units, cutting out middlemen, alongside free irrigation pumps and tube wells.

Statewide

Ribbon-cutting for new tube-well drilling machines for irrigation farmers, Katsina, January 2026

AgricultureTube-well drilling machines

Completed

Tube-well drilling rigs for farmers and 1,100 motorcycles for CDP officers

Six tube-well drilling machines and three air compressors were commissioned for dry-season farming, as 1,100 CDP field officers received motorcycles on a 50% subsidised hire-purchase scheme.

Statewide