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FG supports 230, 000 farmers in Zamfara
More than 230,000 farm
ers have benefited from the Federal Government’s dry season agricultural support programme aimed at boosting food production in Zamfara State.
The Director, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in charge of Zamfara State, Alhaji Musa Raji disclosed recently in Gusau in an interview with reporters.
Raji said that the farmers were being supported with farm inputs such as improved seeds, agro-chemicals and fertiliser at 50 per cent subsidy. “Each farmer received three bags of fertiliser, two of NPK and one of Urea, including free improved rice and maize seeds,” he said.
He noted that the distribution of the inputs is ongoing, adding that 70 per cent of the selected farmers had received their inputs through the 47 distribution centres across the state.
Raji said that the distribution would be concluded on February 20, saying that all the support given to the farmers were part of the Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).
The Director further called on farmers in the state to procure e-wallet cards in order to ease their agricultural transaction. He then urged them to judiciously utilise the inputs allocated to them, saying that it was the only way to guarantee food security in the country.