The Kebbi government has donated N70 million to rice and wheat farmers to facilitate procurement of improved seeds to accelerate paddy production. The state governor, Nasir Idris announced this during a courtesy by the leadership of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) and Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN), in Binrin Kebbi on Tuesday. […]
The Kebbi government has donated N70 million to rice and wheat farmers to facilitate procurement of improved seeds to accelerate paddy production. The state governor, Nasir Idris announced this during a courtesy by the leadership of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria and Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria , in Binrin Kebbi on Tuesday.…The Kebbi government has donated N70 million to rice and wheat farmers to facilitate procurement of improved seeds to accelerate paddy production.
According to him, Kebbi is famous in rice and wheat production in Nigeria and beyond, adding that his administration would sustained the tempo. “Now that the subsidy has been removed, the only alternative is to embrace agriculture, and government will assist wherever necessary; that is why I am making the donation of N70 million for the purchase of improved seeds to sustain the cultivation of both crops,” he said.
Barade commended the governor over the appointment of two farmers as members of the State Executive Council .According to Barade, farmers are cultivating crops three times in a year during dry and wet seasons, adding that the association was cultivating about 400 hectres of outgrower farms to enhance access to improved rice seeds in the state.
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