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Promotion of Chinese Two-Wheel Tractors (2WTs) in
Nigeria
In 2002 Bauchi State imported 500 sets of 2WTs, reduced till/zero
till seeders, trailers. In 2003 they sold 100 sets to the
Zamfara State Government. In 2004 Dr. Jose Valencia , Sasakawa
Global 2000's Country Director for Malawi and Nigeria came
across a storage area in Gusau's State's tractor rental service
where nearly 100 2WTs were sitting outside under the sun.
THough new they looked ancient he said. After talking with
Peter Hobbs and others about their success in south Asia he
contacted NAEF to attempt to jumpstart sales. In short we
found that the simple "engineering/operators" training
provided by the Chinese supplier had not stimulated interests
of the farmers or the state ag engineers. The 3 week CA, rural
mechanization, private sector service provider training held
in Gusau all 500 of the tractors and accessories were sold
within a year. For more information download our draft paper
by clicking here
or contact Abdulwahab
Tijjani Agricultural Engineer, Kano State Government
or Bala Gambo Jahun
Agricultural Engineer, Bauchi State Government.
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