The government thinks that dry season farming is a veritable source of getting food insecurity managed.
We all know that there is a need to reduce food shortage and the consistent increase in food prices.
This is because agriculture is one of the major contributors to the nation’s coffers.
Imagine the vast arable land available in Nigeria, yet citizens are suffering from food insecurity.
To fight the problem, the federal government is set to launch the 2023/2024 dry season farming in Jigawa State.
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This is a measure to combat food inflation and a direct response from the government against food security.
The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, made this known in a statement.
He spoke through his Technical Advisor (Strategic Communication), Kingsley Osadolor.
According to him, the government would also be subsidizing agricultural inputs by 50%.
The Minister said the government would lead several other dignitaries to Hadejia, Jigawa State, where the ceremony will take place.
A range of agricultural inputs, including seeds, fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides, will be delivered to farmers at the occasion.
The 2023/2024 dry season farming is being boosted by an African Development Bank facility and implemented under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP) project.
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He further revealed that implementation is ICT-driven, with earlier steps taken to geo-locate farmlands, enumerate, register, and cluster no fewer than 250,000 farmers.
The dry season farming is expected to take place in all 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
One critical requirement among others is the availability of irrigable land where the dry season farming will take place.
