Noma Tushen Arziki: The Farming Wealth Hub in Wamakko

What began as a construction site in October 2025 has become a bustling community asset. The Noma Tushen Arziki Hub (meaning "Farming Wealth" in Hausa) in Wamakko LGA, Sokoto State, was officially commissioned on 27 November 2025 and began operations on 10 December 2025.

By February 2026, monitoring confirmed all units functioning at full capacity, with daily supervision by a Facility Management Committee.

Services

• Milling: upgraded from 1 to 3 rice milling machines, a 200% capacity increase
• Cold storage: produce preservation, cooling and ice blocks
• Fish farm: 500–700 fingerlings per cycle
• Hire services: farm tools rented through a hire-to-use model
• Mobile solar irrigation: a solar-powered wheelbarrow pump for all-season farming
• Demonstration farm, training space, car wash and solar charging dock

Gidan Arziki, Batagarawa

The second hub, the Gidan Arziki Farmer Service Centre in Batagarawa LGA, Katsina State, reached 95% completion by February 2026. Its 20-member Facility Management Committee (12 men, 8 women) was established before construction finished.

AgriFMIS

The Agricultural Farmer Management Information System, deployed on AWS at agrifims.ng, is building a geo-referenced database of smallholder farmers with NIN, GPS farm locations and farm sizes.

From Cultivating Resilience, Vol. 1.