Abdullahi Shugaba
Inputs
Dutse, May 22, 2018 (NAN) Jigawa government said it had procured agriculture inputs worth N650 million for sale to farmers at subsidised rate during the 2018 farming season.
General Manager of Jigawa Agricultural Supply Company (JASCO), Alhaji Mohammed Lana stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Tuesday.
He explained that the inputs included assorted fertilizer, farm chemicals, made up of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides.
According to him,N550 million was spent on the procurement of 500 metric tons of while 6000 litres of farm chemicals gulped N100 million.
Lana said that the inputs had been kept at JASCO stores across the 27 Local Government areas of the state for farmers to buy.
“Each bag of NPK fertiliser costs N7,500 in the open market but the state government sells to farmers at N5,500 only, indicating a subsidy of N2000.
“The aim of the present administration in the state is to encourage farmers to produce more food for local commercial and commercial purposes,” he said. (NAN)
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