Adamawa Govt laments poor funding of agriculture
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Funding
By Muhammad Adam
Yola, Oct. 13, 2016 (NAN) Gov. Muhammadu Jibrillah of Adamawa has identified poor funding of agriculture as a major constraint affecting farmers.
Jibrillah made the observation in Yola on Thursday shortly after holding meeting with farmers’ cooperatives in the state.
The governor said that the only solution to actualising national food security was to give due and proper funding consideration to farming and agriculture.
“Poor funding of the agriculture sector of the economy has been a major constraint of our farmers in meeting the national food security target.
“This is because lending to the agriculture by the appropriate authorities and commercial banks has been greatly inadequate,” Jibrillah said.
He said that it was in view of the development that the Federal Government, through the apex bank, came up with the Anchor Borrowers Programme.
He said that the programme was to serve as a means of providing access to funds by small scale farmers to actualise the national food security target.
Jibrillah said that his administration was making efforts to revive all agro-allied industries in the state. (NAN)
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