The project would mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the economy and farmers.
Nigerian government has launched the Agriculture for Food and Job Plan , a component of the Nigeria Economic and Sustainability Plan .This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,, during the official launch of the AFJP in Katsina State on Thursday, according to a statement issued by Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the ministry’s director of information.
The minister reportedly said “this symbolic launch represents over 1,100,000 smallholder farmer beneficiaries in 36 states and the FCT on the Batch A list under 6 partners namely AFEX, BabanGona, Value Seeds, Universal, Thrive Agric and Oxfam.
The minister also said the plan, “is also in tandem with the three pronged action plan of the ministry to deal with the impact of the pandemic on Nigerian agriculture and farmers’’.Mr Nanono explained that these measures included among others, the life-saving humanitarian assistance to vulnerable households to buffer the impact of COVID-19, such as the release of about 100,000 metric tons of assorted food commodities from the National Food Reserve to several groups and communities.
More so, he said, loans to farmers will given at zero interest, as well as land clearing and preparation support, among others .
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