The Ministry Agriculture and Rural
development in collaboration with Information Communication Technology Ministry
plans to distribute 10 million mobile phones for free to farmers across the
country in 2013.
The minister of Agriculture,
Akinwumni Adesina announced this at an interactive session with the private
sector partners in the agriculture value chain aimed at supporting the
agricultural transformation agenda of the federal government.
The Minister also announced far
reaching reforms being planned for the agricultural sector which includes free
distribution of seeds to framers and establishment of stable crop processing
zones to encourage private sector investment
Some of the farmers
that spoke during the session, lauded the efforts of the minister at
repositioning the sector, however requested for more infrastructure and
establishment of co-operative societies for farmers at the state level
20 million metric tons of food is being provided by the federal government to mitigate the effects of the recent flooding in the country in addition to ensuring farmers have access to single digit interest free loans from banks.
20 million metric tons of food is being provided by the federal government to mitigate the effects of the recent flooding in the country in addition to ensuring farmers have access to single digit interest free loans from banks.
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