AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
At the core of Prisons Farms Department thrives innovation and efficiency, led by the Agricultural Engineering Division. The Agricultural machinery is meant to ease the work of prisoners as we do semi-mechanized (up to about 40%) farm operations to increase efficiency.
Beyond routine maintenance, this division ensures efficiency of all agricultural machinery, offering technical support during procurement and building a diverse capacity vital to the agricultural lifecycle.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
The division has a fleet of 50 running tractors. Out of a total 67 Prison farms, 33 have tractors. In the period under review, 13 tractors that had been grounded were repaired and they are now running. Service & maintenance of all the 50 running tractors was done, thanks to the tractor maintenance fund that has helped us do this.
In the same period five (5) ten tone capacity tractor trailers were procured to ease harvest and post-harvest operations.
