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10,000 Farmers Benefit From e-Wallet Scheme In Jigawa
An estimated 10,075 farmers benefited from the Federal Government’s e-wallet fertiliser distribution scheme in Jigawa during the last cropping season.
Alhaji Idris Danzomo, the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, stated this while inspecting the distribution of 7,200 tonnes of fertilisers to dry season farmers at Auyo in Jigawa on Tuesday.
Danzomo said that 10,075 out of a total of 10,116 farmers, who applied for the fertiliser under the Gross Enhancement Support (GES) programme benefited from the scheme.
He said, “The Gross Enhancement Support (GES) programme, in other words, called voucher system started this year and Jigawa State participated during the last rainy season.
“The programme was successfully conducted with 10,075 farmers receiving two bags of fertiliser each at 50 per cent subsidy with overall success of 92 per cent,” Danzomo said.
He said that the Federal Government had also allocated 7,200 tonnes of fertilisers for distribution to rice farmers during the current dry season in the state.
The permanent secretary explained that the fertilisers would be sold at 50 per cent subsidised rate.
Danzomo said that some 2,400 tonnes of improved rice seeds would also be provided free to the participating farmers.
According to him, the Federal Government has earmarked 48,000 hectares of rice plantation for cultivation this dry season across the state.