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[FILES] Rice Farmers
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on Wednesday, empowered 150 rice farmers with improved rice seeds and other farm inputs in Edo State.
Distributing the farm inputs to the farmers in Benin, Hajia Karima Babangida, Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Abuja, said the effort was to ensure food sufficiency in Nigeria.
Represented by Aliyu Suleiman from the ministry, Babangida said the intervention was aimed at supporting 1,500 farmers (150 in each state) in 10 states of Edo, Kogi, Oyo, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Gombe, Katsina, Sokoto, Ogun and Benue. x
Babangida added that 150 smallholder farmers were selected from each of the benefitting states to cultivate one hectare of rice farm each.
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