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IFAD supports 1,178 dry-season farmers in Jigawa

By : Dahiru Suleiman, Dutse

Date: 6 September 2021 4:53am WAT

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Aondohimba Abraham, a millet farmer poses for a photo in his farm after abandoning his main farm due to attacks on farmers in Eggon, Nasarawa State Nigeria on August 11, 2021.Many farmers in rural areas in Abuja, Nasarawa, Benue and Jos have been deprived of access to their farmlands for fear being kidnapped or killed by herders. - Threatened by insecurity, farmers in Nigeria's farm belt are increasingly abandoning their land, leading to supply problems and adding to the already high cost of food in Africa's most populous country. Nigeria's Middle Belt and northwestern states have for years been caught in violence between normadic herdsman and farmers as climate change intensifies rivalries over water and land. But that violence has spiralled into security crisis tit-for-tat attacks and expanded into widespread kidnapping, cattle theft and criminal banditary. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Aondohimba Abraham, a millet farmer poses for a photo in his farm after abandoning his main farm due to attacks on farmers in Eggon, Nasarawa State Nigeria on August 11, 2021.Many farmers in rural areas in Abuja, Nasarawa, Benue and Jos have been deprived of access to their farmlands for fear being kidnapped or killed by herders. - Threatened by insecurity, farmers in Nigeria's farm belt are increasingly abandoning their land, leading to supply problems and adding to the already high cost of food in Africa's most populous country. Nigeria's Middle Belt and northwestern states have for years been caught in violence between normadic herdsman and farmers as climate change intensifies rivalries over water and land. But that violence has spiralled into security crisis tit-for-tat attacks and expanded into widespread kidnapping, cattle theft and criminal banditary. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Over 1,178 dry-season farmers from 13 local government areas in Jigawa State, who were affected by flood last year, are to benefit from IFAD/CASP programme for job creation and food self-sufficiency.

The support includes the supply of agricultural inputs to farmers affected by flood and COVID-19 to improve their dry-season farming.

This was disclosed by the Agricultural Development Officer of IFAD, Yahya Buba, while distributing fertiliser and insecticides to 90 beneficiaries of Kafin Hausa Local Government Area in Jigawa State.

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He called on the farmers to make good use of the palliatives to achieve the objectives and commended the state government for usual support towards the success of the programme.

In his remarks, the Special Assistant to Governor Badaru on Community Inclusion, Alhaji Hamza Mohammed, affirmed the state government’s commitment towards improved agriculture in Jigawa State in line with the Federal Government policy for people’s benefits.

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