From Our Correspondent
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, distributed 30 bags of NPK fertilisers and 20 cartons of herbicides to 60 farmers in Imo State to boost food production.
TheNewsZenith reports that Director of Agricultural Extension Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Brooks Michael, supervised the distribution in Owerri.
Michael said each farmers would get half of 50kg bag of fertilisers and four litres of pre- and post-emergence herbicides.
This, he said, was part of the government efforts to ensure increased productivity and food security for Nigerians.
“The aim is to increase farmers’ productivity and income as well as make food available to all Nigerians,” he said.
The Ministry’s Director in Imo, Mr Chris Iwuchukwu, said the ministry drew beneficiaries from all LGAs of the state.
Iwuchukwu urged the farmers to make judicious use of the inputs.
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“The farm inputs are not for sale but for use by the farmers.
“We expect the beneficiaries to properly apply the inputs on their farms for optimal results,”” he said.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Justina Njoku, a cassava farmer from Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, thanked the federal government for the initiative.
She expressed the hope for increased harvest.
Another farmer, Mr Silas Nwachukwu of Ikeduru Council Area, advised young persons to embrace farming, rather than continue to wait for white-collar jobs.
“We can create jobs ourselves through farming and I can confirm that there is money in agriculture” he said.
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