From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
In efforts towards ensuring food security and agricultural sustainability, the Federal Government has distributed improved yam seedlings and other inputs to farmers and extension agents in Kaduna.
Speaking during the distribution exercise, yesterday in Kaduna, Mrs Raheem Adejoke, a Senior Agric Officer of the Federal Department of Agricultural Extension Services, said the gesture by the Federal Government was to encourage farmers and extension agents towards mass cultivation of yam.
Adejoke, who supervised the distribution of the inputs, said the gesture by the Federal Government was to mitigate the effect of the flood in 2022 which affected many farmers.
She said 33 farmers would benefit from the improved yam seedlings, fertilizers, and pre and post-emergence herbicides.
She also said the inputs distributed were emergency empowerment of the farmers and extension agents which is simultaneously carried out across the Northwest, Northeast, and North Central regions.
Adejoke said the Federal Government was targeting staple crops which many households consume, whereas in Kaduna it brought the yam seedlings.
She urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the inputs, noting that the Federal Government is investing in them to achieve food security in households and the nation in general.
