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FG Targets 13,000 Farmers For Empowerment
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Adesina Akinwumi has said that the Federal Government is targeting 13,000 farm families for various support schemes in 2013.
Akinwumi who said this in Ohafia in Abia State during the inauguration of Abia North Chambers of Commerce, Minies Industry and Agriculture (ANCCIMA) explained that farmers and out growers in the State would receive 3.9 million bundles of improved cassava cuttings from the Root and Tuber Expansion Programme (RTEP) and other bodies.
The minister who gave the keynote address at the event was represented by the Director of Cooperatives in the Ministry, Dr Dickson Okolo.
He said “the fertiliser needs of cassava farmers in the state totalling 16,286 metric tones will be addressed under the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS).