Food security: 2000 farmers to benefit from Fertiliser on cash and carry in Zamfara.
From Ahmed Attahir
The Zamfara State government has launched the sales of fertiliser to over 2000 farmers on cash and carry in the state.
Speaking at the formal flagged up on Tuesday evening at the headquarters of Zamfara State Comprehensive Agriculture Revolution Programme (ZACAREP) in Gusau, Governor Bello Matawalle said other farm inputs were also procured for farmers in the state.
According to him,the fertiliser was careful procured to meet with the aspirations of farmers for a result oriented.
He explained that over three thousand tones of fertiliser had been procured to be distributed to over 2000 farmers at subsidised rate to boost food security in the state.
Earlier on,the special adviser to the Governor on ZACAREP Alhaji Yusuf Jafaru Rawayya said the fertiliser would be sold to farmers at subsidised rate of N15,000 per bag.
He maintained that this year sales of fertiliser came with a different as farmers would access the commodity on cash and carry basis.
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