11, 500 wheat farmers to acquire seeds & fertilisers in Kano – No fewer than 11, 500 wheat farmers in Kano State will benefit from the Federal Government’s fertilisers and other farm inputs in the course of the existing dry season farming.
Alhaji Adamu Shehu, the Acting Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Improvement in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano lately.
Shehu said the Federal Government had started distributing the commodity below its Development Enhancement Scheme (GES) to the registered farmers in 5 designated centres across the state.
He mentioned beneath the programme, every farmer would collect two bags of fertilisers and a 50kg bag of hybrid seeds at a subsidised rate of about N6, 500.
‘’The distribution of the commodity, which began about ten days ago, is being carried out at Bagwai, Dan-Hassan, Gwarmai, Wudil and Shanono locations.
‘’The Federal Government offers the fertiliser and seeds at subsidised rates as part of efforts to boost wheat production in the state and the nation,’’ he stated.
He also mentioned that there were other farmers who had registered for related help from the Federal Government, and that their applications were being processed.
The acting director urged farmers in the state to embrace irrigation in order to improve their socio-economic status.
He also known as on farmers in the state to register to allow them to advantage from the GES programme.
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