N1.4 Billion National Youth Farmers Scheme (Nigerian Youths Only)
National Youth Farmers’ Scheme-FG approves N1.4Bilion for the procurement of farming input and logistic
The Federal Government has officially approved N1.4Bilion for the buying agricultural input and logistics for the National Youth Farmers’ Scheme.
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The National Youth Farmers’ Scheme is an initiative of the Federal Government to create massive jobs for the Nigerian youths by procuring equipment and agricultural inputs
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The Scheme will give cradle to the agricultural sector of the economy and drive home massive inputs such as seeds, cotton, planting materials, agrochemicals, fertilizer, and growth enhancers
The N1.4Billion National Youth Farmers’ Scheme is in Four Phases
The first is the provision of farmer inputs such as seeds, cotton, planting materials, agrochemicals, fertilizer, and growth enhancers, for 3000 hectares in Abia, Adamawa, Borno, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Osun, Yobe and Enugu state.
The second was the supply of tractors, ploughs, ridgers, disc arrows, hydraulic tipping trailers, logistics, and deliveries to selected states such as Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Osun, and Jigawa states.
“The third is the purchase of land preparation equipment; this involves 11 massive Ferguson tractors, 11 disc ploughs, 11 three-disc ploughs, 11 four-disc ridges , 11 twenty-disc arrows, and 11 hydraulic tipping trailers for Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Osun, Jigawa, and Gombe states.
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“The last contract under this paper is the professional and technical enhancement for the National Youth Farmers’ Scheme Enugu, Ekiti, Abia, Imo, Adamawa, Cross River, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Borno, and Rivers, for the sum of N213million for a completion period of one week, totaling N1. 4 billion.
“The significance of these contracts is that the Federal Government is once again reiterating the emphasis it put on agriculture and how we want agriculture not to be for just big landowners or big farmers, but to encourage even our youths to go into agriculture.’’
How To Access N1.4Billion National Youth Farmers’ Scheme
Suitable and interested farmers and youths are to visit the National Farmers’ Scheme under National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) in your respective states