4,390 Anambra farmers get input

From Emma Elekwa,OnitshaOver 4,390 farmers in Anambra State have benefited from farm input donated by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).Comprising seeds/seedlings, knapsack sprayers and agrochemicals, they were donated at the weekend to farmers affected by the 2018 flood.NEMAs Director-General Muhammadu Muhammed said the intervention was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 under the Emergency Agricultural Intervention programme.Read Also:Adamawa farmers seek access road to move produceAccording to him, 50,967 bags of 50kg NPK fertilisers were required after verification, of which 36,000 bags had been delivered to the state.Of this number, 29,097 bags have been distributed to farmers in six councils of Ayamelum, Ihiala, Awka North, Orumba North, Anambra East and Anambra West.6,903 bags will be distributed to farmers in Ogbaru starting Saturday, while the 14,967 remaining bags are being processed and would be delivered soon.This distribution is the final phase of the Federal Government assistance to farmers to enable them recover from the losses suffered, he added.Secretary to the State Government Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu praised the Federal Government for the gesture, and appealed for early release of such interventions.
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