Kwara disburses N1bn to 540 farmers

The Kwara State  government has disbursed over N1 billion to 500 smallholder and 40 commercial farmers to boost agriculture and food security in the state Governor  Abdulfatah Ahmed made this  known in Ilorin, while speaking at the 2nd Harmony Agriculture International Fair (HAGIF). He said that the government had also provided 2,550 hectares of land […]

The Kwara State  government has disbursed over N1 billion to 500 smallholder and 40 commercial farmers to boost agriculture and food security in the state

Governor  Abdulfatah Ahmed made this  known in Ilorin, while speaking at the 2nd Harmony Agriculture International Fair (HAGIF).

He said that the government had also provided 2,550 hectares of land for smallholder farmers in the state.

He also said that 381 kilometres of rural roads would be rehabilitated in 2018 under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), in partnership with the World Bank and the Federal Government.

Ahmed described the Off-Takers Demand Driving Agriculture (ODDA) Scheme as an empowerment programme that was initiated to drive employment, boost food production and diversify the state’s economy.

He said that the objective of the scheme was to match farmers with off-takers who would purchase the harvested produce directly from the farmers

The governor said   his administration had, over the years, embarked on various intervention programmes, which were aimed at provoking the people’s attitudinal change towards agriculture in the state.