YOLA – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday said it has captured 150,000 rice and maize farmers for the 2014/2015 dry season farming in Adamawa.
Dr Wali Hamman, a Director of the ministry in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on in Yola that the effort was to actualise the national food security programme.
Hamman explained that farmers from eight Local Government Areas in the state would benefit from the programme. [eap_ad_1] “The dry season farming programme is part of government’s effort to actualise the national food security under the Growth Enhancement Scheme.
“So far, a total of 150,000 farmers have been registered for the 2014/2015 dry season farming in Adamawa,’’ he said.
The director listed Lamurde, Numan, Demsa, Guyuk and Shelleng as well as Girei, Fufore,Yola North and Yola South as the benefitting local government areas.
On farmers’ complain of lack of market outlets for their farm produce, he said government was making arrangements to partner with private stakeholders to establish a national agriculture market board.
Hamman said that the board, when established, would replace and take over all other existing agriculture market boards to cater solely for farmers. (NAN)
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