Some agriculture experts have called for the sensitization of local against agrochemicals misuse in the country to boost food security.
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fadama Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (FCT CARES) Programme, said it has trained and disbursed grants to 4,233 benefiting farmers.
The Plateau Government has commenced the distribution of 120,000 bags of assorted fertilizer to farmers to boost dry season farming in the state.
No fewer than 1,050 small holder farmers have bee trained and empowered with free solar powered irrigation panels in the North-East region by five international and local NGOs.
Enugu State began the verification of farmers for dry season cultivation of rice and maize in September preparatory to the distribution of seedlings to the farmers.
The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has declared Friday, December 1, a public holiday.
The Gidan Sule community is small but mighty, as the area is blessed with good farming land. However, due to the frequent attacks in the area, farmers now dread going to their farms for fear of being kidnapped or killed.
Farmers are busy people, and they often put their work responsibilities ahead of their own health needs. As a member of a farm family, Debra Hull, BSN, RN, CDCES, understands that. She combines her knowledge as a diabetes educator for Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville, Missouri; her ag background; and her experience as a person with type 1 diabetes to help her rural community prevent and manage the disease.
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A non-governmental organization (NGO) says it has trained 50 Rivers farmers on the production of bio-pesticides, organic pesticides, and bio-fertilizers.