A bag of fertilizer will soon cost less than N6, 000 in Nigeria, following
\nan agreement reached on its supply, between the Federal Government and the
\ngovernment of Morocco, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
\nChief Audu Ogbeh announced.<\/p>\n
\u200eChief Ogbeh made the revelation in Kano, on Monday<\/span><\/span>, during the 2017 wheat Chief Ogbeh who praised the government of Kano for leading the way in rice He announced plans to create special grazing reserves for herdsmen across \u200e\u200eEarlier, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed that his \u201cThe state government recently approved N50 million short-term loans for In addition, he said the administration recently purchased 500 zero fuel On cattle grazing, the governor announced that \u201ca large expanse of land Governor Ganduje also recalled that his administration trained 60 Fulani The Flour Milling Association of Nigeria, represented by Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Also speaking the chairman of the board of directors, New Nigerian Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture, inaugurated the Kano FADAMA He commended the government for Kano state under Governor Ganduje for A bag of fertilizer will soon cost less than N6, 000 in Nigeria, following an agreement reached on its supply, between the Federal Government and the government of Morocco, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nharvest ceremony at Garun- Babba, in Garun- Mallam Local Government area
\nof the state.\u200e
\n\u200e
\n\u201cPresident Buhari signed an agreement with the Moroccan Government, we
\nwent to Morocco and had a good agreement for phosphate import.\u200e With the
\nimportation of phosphate we will put fertilizer on the market for less
\nthan N6, 000,\u201d he said.\u200e
\n\u200e\u200e
\nHe said already, blending plants in the country have swung into action,
\nassuring that the Federal government would continue to support farmers to
\nproduce more for local consumption and export.
\nThe Minister lamented that before the Federal government\u2019s renewed drive
\non agriculture, the country was losing millions of dollars annually to
\nimport rice, wheat and milk, which could be produced in sufficient
\nquantity locally.<\/p>\n
\nprocessing and agricultural transforming in the country assured of the
\nsupport of the Federal government towards transforming the sector.\u200e<\/p>\n
\nthe country, revealing that the Federal Government would also train 3,000
\nCivil Defense Officers to \u200eprotect herdsmen from cattle rustlers.<\/p>\n
\nadministration had granted a\u00a0 loan of N100 million each to wheat and rice
\nfarmers associations in the state to enable them purchase seedlings and
\nother requited consumables to boost their endeavor, even as free storage
\nfacilities have been provided for the to prevent undue loss.<\/p>\n
\nwheat farmers who need quick cash, to prevent them from selling off their
\nproduce at give-away prices, until its price stabilized in the market\u201d,
\nthe governor added .<\/p>\n
\nwater pumping machines and placed order for the supply of 5,000 as part of
\ncommitment to boost irrigation in the state, assuring that his
\nadministration is willing to support wheat and rice farmers to boosts
\ntheir productivity.<\/p>\n
\nwould be provided around Dansoshiya in Kiru Local Government area to serve
\nas model settlement for herdsmen, in a bid to curtail recurring clashes
\nbetween farmers and herdsmen\u201d. \u200e<\/p>\n
\nyouth in artificial insemination, in Turkey, to expose them to modern
\nbreeding techniques, revealing that refrigerators would also be provided
\nto Fulani dairy women as part of value addition to dairy chain.<\/p>\n
\nZakari Garun Babba, commended the Federal government for its renewed
\ncommitment to agricultural development, restating that they would off-take
\nall the wheat produced by wheat farmers in the country.<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment Company, NNDC, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, disclosed that the 19
\nNorthern Governors have been given approval to board to establish an
\nagricultural commodity marketing board, envisaged to purchased excess
\nproduce, create more jobs and generally add value to the economy of the
\nregion.<\/p>\n
\ntractorization scheme, inspected the state seed processing facility being
\nrenovated at Kadawa and undertook a guided tour of the state fertilizer
\nblending plant and other facilities at state-owned Kano state Agricultural
\nSupply Company, KASCO, Dakata, in Kano metropolis.<\/p>\n
\nleading the agricultural revolution in the country, hoping other states
\nwould emulate the shining example<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"