The Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development on Saturday
said it had registered 13,335 farmers for the
2013/2014 dry season farming in Adamawa.
The Federal Director of Agriculture in the state, Dr
Walia Hamman, disclosed this in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola.
Hamman said that the development followed the
successful implementation of the Growth
Enhancement Scheme (GES) in the state.
He added that the dry season farming scheme
was the first of its kind, introduced by the Federal
Government.
``Following the successful implementation of GES
across the country, government has come up
with special dry season farming to improve
agricultural production capacity.
``Under the scheme, 13,335 rice and maize
farmers have been captured for the kickoff of the
2013/2014 dry season farming in the state,”
Hamman said.
He said that the programme was designed to
enable farmers have direct access and contact
with the federal government.
Hamman listed areas to benefit under this phase
of the scheme to include Tikno, Duwam and Lake
Gerio in Demsa, Lamurde and Yola-North Local
Government Areas, respectively.
According to the director, registered farmers
would receive improved seed varieties and
fertilisers directly from government at 50 per cent
subsidy rate.
He said that the project was planned to improve
the dry season farming system, as well as to
enhance production capacity.
The overall objective, Hamman said, is to attain
national food security.
The director also listed other local government
areas that would benefit from the programme to
be Fufore, Gombi, Numan, Song, Mubi-North and
Mubi-South.
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