18,700 Farmers Targeted For Improved Agriculture In Niger

Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has flagged disconnected the organisation of the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) assistance targeting 18,700 farmers.

The programme is nether the Federal Government International Fund for Agricultural Development/Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/IFAD/VCDP), supported by the United Nations.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba, performed the ceremonial and the graduation of youths trained connected the fabrication of cultivation instrumentality successful Minna.

He noted that Niger State was among 2 states selected for the ASAP grant, which is an further financing programme pursuing the tremendous accomplishment of the FGN/IFAD/VCDP recorded successful addressing challenges associated with the production, processing, and selling of atom and cassava crossed 9 section authorities areas successful the state.

The politician said the involution was timely and successful enactment with the administration’s tendency to revolutionise agriculture successful the state.

He said the involution volition summation the capableness of smallholders to header with the overwhelming effects of clime alteration and enactment the enlargement of arable onshore done climate-resilient activities, among others.

He appreciated the national authorities and the IFAD/VCDP for recognising the efforts of the authorities authorities successful the cultivation sector, promising that authorities volition prolong its punctual outgo of its counterpart contributions, and appealed for the inclusion of much section authorities areas successful the state.

The nationalist programme coordinator of VCDP, Dr Fatima Aliyu, said VCDP has made a singular interaction successful promoting younker entrepreneurship, empowering women, and mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture.

She explained that the ASAP assistance is designed to fortify the resilience of smallholder farmers against the adverse interaction of clime alteration with a people of 24,000 beneficiaries, retired of which Niger State has 18,700 farmers, including women.

The nationalist coordinator said the involution covers the organisation of climate-resilient planting materials; ungraded conservation and erosion control; waste-to-wealth initiatives; improved entree to h2o resources; and renewable vigor solutions, among others.

Starter packs were besides distributed to 45 trained youths crossed 9 section authorities areas successful the state.