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FG to support 2.4 million farmers with N600 billion – Buhari

William Ukpe by William Ukpe
October 14, 2021
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The Federal Government has disclosed that it will support 2.4 million farmers with N600 billion through the Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support project (APPEALS).

This was disclosed by President Muhammadu Buhari at the opening of the National Agricultural Show/Exhibition of the 2021 World Food Day, on Wednesday, in Abuja, themed: “Our Actions are our Future. Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life,” according to NAN.

Represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, the President stated that the Administration was doing its best to address challenges facing Nigeria’s agricultural sector.

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What President Buhari said

The President said, “The Federal Government, through the Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support project (APPEALS), has set aside N600 billion as loan support to farmers across the country.

“No fewer than 2.4 million farmers are expected to benefit from the loan which has zero interest.

“The gesture will support farmers in the country, to improve their productivity aimed at boosting the country’s food security, improving farmers’ production and increasing exports.

“It is gratifying that the sector is being treated as a business, no longer as a development project, with massive distribution of high quality farm inputs, dissemination of appropriate research results and significant enhancement of the agricultural commodity value chains.

“I would wish to reiterate and it is clear that if the agricultural sector must be made more productive and food systems sustainable, we must all be prepared to invest massively in the sector and rise to the call against looming food crisis as predicted by the World Bank, FAO, AfDB and other key actors in food and agriculture.”

Buhari added that Nigeria recorded a boost in the production of her major staple crops, especially maize and rice, which rose from 12.8 and 12.3 to 13.94 and 14.28 million metric tonnes (MMT).

“The same is obtainable for cassava, whose production rose from 58.47 MT in 2018 to 73.91MT and is even projected to rise to 93.6 by 2023.

“Growth has also been recorded for groundnut, tomatoes, and sorghum production. Cattle beef, dairy and fish production also rose by 166 per cent, 146 per cent, and 11 per cent, respectively between 2020 and 2021.

“The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Bureau of Statistics report indicates that Nigeria’s national agricultural import bill also reduced from 1.2 to 1.1 billion Naira,” he said.

In case you missed it

  • Recall Nairametrics reported that the Targeted Credit Facility (TCF), a Central Bank of Nigeria initiative, has awarded a total of 726,198 recipients with about N343.2 billion of credit.
  • CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, stated that aside from the disbursement of the N343.22 billion credit facility, there was still the disbursement of N134.57 billion to 38,140 beneficiaries under the Agribusiness Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS).
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William Ukpe

William Ukpe

For further inquiries about this article contact: Email: william.ukpe@nairametrics.com or outreach@nairametrics.com. Twitter: @_sirwilliam_ @nairametrics.

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Comments 3

  1. Donald G. Mbaka says:
    October 14, 2021 at 7:24 am

    Audio money .

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  2. Ogochukw Emily says:
    October 14, 2021 at 8:10 am

    How do one participate in getting the loan?

    Reply
  3. Sunday Okanlawon says:
    November 22, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    lts a good ldea, hw to apply.

    Reply

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