FG urged to guarantee produce market for farmers

Engr. Abdullahi Kanti Mohammed, Chairman of MFB Fertilizer Company, Kaduna has called on the various tiers of government to provide reassuring guarantees to cover the volume of crops produced by registered farmers in the country as a means of making the most gains out of the current Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).   Kanti said the […]

Engr. Abdullahi Kanti Mohammed, Chairman of MFB Fertilizer Company, Kaduna has called on the various tiers of government to provide reassuring guarantees to cover the volume of crops produced by registered farmers in the country as a means of making the most gains out of the current Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).

  Kanti said the guarantee has become necessary following records of improved crop production as a result of the successful PFI programme that has enabled farmers to access fertilizer early in the planting season and at affordable prices.

 He expressed fear that farmers may soon begin to face challenges bordering on lack of off-takers for their harvest. 

“The Federal Government has correctly fixed the problem of fertilizer production and distribution in Nigeria and the complaints by farmers of lack of inputs appears to have been permanently solved,’’ he said.

 Kanti said he foresaw a future challenge on securing farmers output that will enable them concentrate on production and not worry about marketing and mounting inventory.