Food Security: Kwara Secures 3,600 Hectares for Agricultural Growth

Date: 2024-04-24

According to The Nation, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has revealed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated 3,600 hectares of land to the state government for cultivating maize, rice, and cassava as part of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme (NAGS).

During a meeting with stakeholders and the State Working Committee on food security in Ilorin, the state capital, AbdulRazaq emphasized the importance of boosting agricultural productivity and food security in the state.

Represented by his deputy, Kayode Alabi, the governor outlined the committee's responsibilities, including policy formulation, capacity building, research, innovation, collaboration, partnership, and farmer monitoring and evaluation.

Encouraging the committee to fully embrace their roles, AbdulRazaq urged them to turn challenges into opportunities for a prosperous and food-secured state.

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Oloruntoyosi Thomas, highlighted the NAGS's aim to strengthen small-scale farmers' resilience by improving access to inputs and food security.

“The food security working committee has been designed for proper execution of the objectives of NAGS-AP. NAGS-AP is a project of the African Development Bank, and it has put together a good model and identified stakeholders such as input partners, the state government, agro-dealers, and farmers.

“All these partners have been engaged in one way or the other. Therefore, our main role is to select real farmers for the programme that will properly sensitize the farmers on the model in place”, the commissioner disclosed.

According to her, Kwara state is considered for maize, rice, and cassava.

“The state has been given 3600 hectares. As a committee, our role is to monitor and ensure that things are done according to the guidelines provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB)”, she added.

Mrs. Thomas added that the selection of the real farmers would ensure that farmers give back to the government what they were supposed to give out upon harvest.

Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu, the Etsu of Tsaragi and representative of the traditional council, commended the program, pledging the support of traditional rulers, who are predominantly farmers, to ensure its success and address youth unemployment in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulHamid Adi     National Party Of Nigeria     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Oke-Ode     General Hospital, Ilorin     Offorjama     Modibbo Kawu     Salaudeen Oyewale     Oba Abdulraheem     TETFUND     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Olawuyi     Charcoal     Oko-Erin     Kwha.gov.ng     Femi Agbaje     Kwara North     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Owo Arugbo     Peter Obi     UNILORIN Alumni     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Abdullahi Atanda     NFAI     Sam Okaula     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Radio Kwara     Abubakar Usman Jos     Shagari     Ijagbo Health Centre     Rapheal Ashaolu     Rotimi Oyedepo     AbdulRahman Saad     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     AGILE Programme     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Moronfoye     Coronavirus     Umar Danladi Shero     Muhammed Aliyu     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Christopher Odetunde     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Aliyu Adebayo     SAPZ Project     EndSARS     Ibrahim Bio     Issa Oloruntogun     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Lateef Fagbemi     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Oniye     Henry Makinwa     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Riskat Opakunle     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Odolaye Aremu     GGDSS Pakata     Omu-aran     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Oniwa     Laduba     Makama Of Kaiama     Kwara State Government     Ayodele Shittu     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     AbdulRauf Keji     Umar Ayinla Saro     SSUCOEN     Kawu Baraje     Jaigbade Alao     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Henry Makinwa     Abubakar Imam     Harafat E. Mukadam     Sadiq Buhari     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Yahya Mohammed     IESA     Senate     Oluranti Idowu     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     EFCC     Matthew Okedare     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Kwara State University Of Education     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Lanwa     Ojo Fadumila     Saliu Ajia     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Trader Moni     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Logun     Timothy Akangbe     Elelu     Olatunde Olukoya     Gobirawa     Abdulraheem Olesin     Lucky Omoluwa     Ajayi Okasanmi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Khairat Gwadabe     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Akanbi-Oke     Ubandawaki     CACOVID Palliatives     Abiodun Oyedepo     Oba-Solagberu     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     AIT Ilorin     Bello Oyebanji     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Abraham Ojo     Oyedepo     Michael Nzwekwe     Mahee Abdulkadir     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     V.O. Abioye     Rebecca Bake     Eleyele     Modupe Oluwole     Kolawole Akande     Mubarak Oladosu     Elections     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Doyin Group     Olawuyi     Saliu Mustapha     NSCIA     Amoyo     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Tunde Yusuf     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Kayode Issa     Patigi Regatta     Talaka Parapo     Igbaja     Elerin Of Adanla     April 11     Sulyman Tejidini     Isaac Gbenle     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Samuel Adaramola