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Seed
Dutse, Oct. 19, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government has directed the state Agricultural Supply Company (JASCO) to provide farmers with improved wheat seeds for dry season farming.
The Information Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malam Wada’u Sulaiman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Dutse.
Sulaiman said that the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, issued the directive to JASCO at a stakeholders meeting involving Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and managers of commercial banks in the state.
Sulaiman said that more than 80,000 farmers were targeted to participate in the CBN’s Anchor borrower rice and wheat farming programme in the state.
He added that the ministry has set up a project monitoring team to supervise the anchor farming programme in order ensure proper implementation as well as bumper harvest.
According to him, the commissioner appreciated the efforts of the apex bank and other commercial banks for enabling the participating farmers had easy Bank Accounts opening and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN).
Sulaiman said that the CBN controller in the state, Danjuma Muhammad, who was represented by Babangida Dino, directed commercial banks to submit their request to the bank for the immediate commencement of the programme.
Also speaking, the representative of Flour Millers in the state, Alhaji Saidu Zaraki, called on the state government to provide harvesting machines that will assist farmers to produce clean and hygienic seeds. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Ajide
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