{"id":41880,"date":"2022-09-03T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41880"},"modified":"2022-09-03T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:24:55","slug":"ng-cares-25000-farmers-targeted-for-agricultural-support-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/09\/03\/ng-cares-25000-farmers-targeted-for-agricultural-support-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"NG-CARES: 25,000 farmers targeted for agricultural support in Katsina\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/09\/02\/nema-presents-relief-materials-to-flood-victims-in-katsina-state\/\"> Katsina State Government<\/a> has targeted more than 25,000 farmers for agricultural assets, to boost food production.<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u2019ud Banye, the State\u2019s Project Coordinator for FADAMA Programme, said this during the distribution of the support on Friday in Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The coordinator further explained that the intervention was the effort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/18\/masari-attends-prayer-session-in-ilorin-for-restoration-of-peace-in-katsina\/\">Gov. Aminu Masari<\/a> to enhance the production and processing of crops, especially maize and sorghum.<\/p>\n<p>The support was part of Nigeria\u2019s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme, an intervention built on the platforms of existing projects of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the NG-CARES consists of three result areas the areas to increase food security and self-function of the food supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we are doing two things through the support of farmers, and farmers must be in a group to enjoy this support, and each group consists of 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/19\/kwara-govt-tasks-poultry-farmers\/\">farmers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we did here is to support small-scale farmers on small agricultural assets for production and processing. And the programme is for all the 34 LGAs in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Malumfashi LGA, they have two farmers&#8217; community associations and each association consists of 10 groups, which are to benefit,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Banye said that the first circle of implementation comprised 2,990 farmers, which culminated into 299 groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 299 groups of farmers are going to get the grant for the first circle. After the first circle, we are going for another circle; we have four circles to complete the NG-CARES programme in two years,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The coordinator added that this was just the first circle, and at the end of the fourth, it would target about 25,000 farmers to get support.<\/p>\n<p>Banye said in the dry season farming, tomato farmers would also get support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also support the livestock, fish and poultry farmers during the second and third implementation of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 1,650 livestock farmers were earlier supported with agricultural inputs in the first circle.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Malumfashi LGA, Maharazu Dayi, commended the government for the support, saying it would assist in boosting the economy of the area and the state as well.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Shawai, who spoke on behalf of the farmers, commended the gesture and assured them that they would use the assets accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The items distributed included a Knapsack sprayer, personal protective equipment (PPE), bag closer sewing machines and threshing machines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katsina State Government has targeted more than 25,000 farmers for agricultural assets, to boost food production. Mas\u2019ud Banye, the State\u2019s Project Coordinator for FADAMA Programme, said this during the distribution of the support on Friday in Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. 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