Economic activities Sokoto

sokoto market

over eighty percent (80%) of inhabitants of sokoto practice 1 form of agriculture or another. produce such crops millet, guinea corn, maize, rice, potatoes, cassava, groundnuts , beans subsistence , produce wheat, cotton , vegetables cash. local crafts such blacksmithing, weaving, dyeing, carving , leather works play important role in economic life of people of sokoto; result different areas makera, marina, takalmawa , majema became important. sokoto 1 of fish producing areas of country. large number of people along river basin engage in fishing well.

sokoto equally endowed natural , mineral resources. agro allied industries using cotton, groundnut, sorghum, gum, maize, rice, wheat sugar cane, cassava, gum arabic , tobacco raw materials can established in area. large scale farming can practiced in state using irrigation water goronyo dam, lugu, kalmalo, wammakko , kwakwazo lakes among others.

minerals such kaolin, gypsum, limestone, laterite, red mills, phosphate both yellow , green, shade clay, sand etc., available in commercial quantities. mineral based industries using these raw materials established in state.

the absence of tse-tse fly on open grassland benefits both wild , domestic animals. sokoto ranks second in livestock production in country s animal population of on 8 million.

the availability of these economic potentials provides investment opportunities, particularly in agro-allied industries such flour mills, tomatoes processing, sugar refining, textiles, glue, tanning, fish canning, etc.