600,000 farmers benefit from e-agric scheme

A new report on an e-agriculture scheme of the Federal Government christened: 'Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES)' has showed that no fewer than 600,000 Nigerians benefited from the first season of the scheme in 2016. The report entitled: 'Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES) Dry Season, 2016,' highlighted key progress on food security and financial inclusion for farmers across 30 states in Nigeria, through leveraging Information and technology (IT). The programme, which set out to service 500,000 farmer- households in four value chains, accomplished 92 per cent of the targeted subsidized...The post 600,000 farmers benefit from e-agric scheme appeared first on New Telegraph Newspapers.
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