The Kwara State government has supported 2,019 farmers with agricultural items in the third phase of the Kwara Fadama CARES intervention.

Items distributed include knapsack sprayers with personal protective equipment, fish smoking kilns, rain gun sprinklers, water pumping machines with accessories for fish farmers, poultry feeders and drinkers, small ruminants, maize shellers and soya beans threshers.

At the flag off of the third phase of the scheme, Governor AbdulRazaq stated that interventions by Kwara Fadama CARES were tailored towards easing hardship.

Represented by the chairman, State Fadama Technical Committee and permanent secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Ishiaq Oloruko-Oba, the governor said the items given to the famers would be monitored to ensure that they are judiciously used.

He warned the beneficiaries against commercialisation of the items, adding that if the items are used effectively, the expected impact would be felt in society.