HortiNigeria, a non-governmental organization supported by a Dutch-funded horticultural program, is committed to helping at least 60,000 farmers combat Tuta Absoluta, commonly known as tomato ebola in Kano and other states in the North West region.
The Sector Coordinator and Business to Business linkage HortiNigeria, Mr Abdullahi Umar, made the disclosure during the integrated Pest Management IPM Campaign at the demonstration site in Gidan Kwari, Bunkure local government Kano.
According to him, the campaign aimed at shedding light on innovative solutions and strategies like the use of tutasan and pheromone traps, mulching and neem oil biopesticide as over time, the pest gets resistant to chemicals used.
He said, “We target 60,000 farmers between Kano and Kaduna, after training for twelve months, we would move to other states to do something similar.