The world bank-assisted FADAMA III additional financing
project said it has designed a 150 million naira agricultural development programme
for Kogi under FADAMA III programme.
The project’s task team leader, Dr Adetunji oredipe, stated
this in in Lokoja during an assessment visit to the state.
He said that the programme was also designed to provide
support to rural farmers across the value chains of cassava, rice, sorghum and
horticulture.
The task team leader added that the programme was to
rehabilitate access roads to the rural communities to facilitate market
accessibility by the farmers.
He said it was aimed at building new generations of
business-oriented agro-entrepreneurs as well as giving farmers a new way of
feeding their families and earning good incomes.
Oredipe said that the programme was also going on
simultaneously in other states like Niger, Kano, Lagos, Anambra and Enugu.
He said some of the states had prepared their designs, while
others were already launching their procurement processes, and expressed the
hope that the programme will take-off by June.
According to him, the programme covers land preparation
activities such ploughing, rigging and secondary level clearing, among others.
He said that the World Bank would provide 120 million naira while
the state government is expected to pay the balance of 30 million naira as its
counterpart contribution.
Oredipe, who stated that the project team was poised to
tackle the challenges facing Kogi farmers, appealed to the state government to
meet its counterpart obligations.
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