Thousands of farmers benefit from agric loan
No fewer than
82,689 farmers benefitted from agricultural input loans under the
Zamfara Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Programme (ZACARP)
between 2008 and 2010.
Yunusa Abdullahi
Kuturu, the special adviser to the governor, Mahmud Shinkafi, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Monday that the state
government provided agricultural inputs worth N5 billion to the farmers.
Mr. Kuturu, who
spoke through the coordinator of the programme, Dahiru Kaura, said that
the inputs distributed included fertiliser, improved seeds, pesticides,
and agricultural chemicals.
He said that under
the programme, farmers initially paid 25 per cent of the total bill of
their inputs requirement to balance 75 per cent after harvest.
Mr. Kuturu said that between 2008 and 2010, about 254,224 hectares of land were cultivated under the programme.
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