{"id":32210,"date":"2021-07-25T05:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T04:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=32210"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:43:26","slug":"farmers-commend-nigeria-on-farm-inputs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/farmers-commend-nigeria-on-farm-inputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers commend Nigeria on farm inputs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gombe Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN) has  commended the Federal Government  on the distribution of farm inputs to farmers in the state.<br \/>\nAlhaji Modibbo Sadiq, the State\u2019s  AFAN  Chairman, gave the commendation on the sideline of the distribution of potato input to 600 farmers on Saturday in Gombe.<br \/>\nSadiq stated that with the various interventions of the Federal Government in terms of inputs and trainings to farmers, the problem of food insecurity would be addressed in the state and the country at large.<br \/>\nAccording to him, ten days ago, 150 rice farmers received certified rice seeds, bags of NPK fertiliser and Urea, litres of soil amender, pesticide and herbicides from the Federal Government.<br \/>\nSadiq , who said  that farmers in the state were excited about the interventions by the Federal Government, noted  that \u201cinputs are now expensive, hence the free inputs will go a long way in reducing  poverty among the farmers\u201d.<br \/>\nOn the potato input distributed to 600 farmers, Sadiq said the input would help farmers in terms of boosting productivity and improving \u201cthe nutritional content of meals since the variety is rich in Vitamin A.\u2019\u2019<br \/>\nHe added that his association was working with critical stakeholders to ensure processing and marketing of potato, adding that such would further improve farmers\u2019 incomes.<br \/>\nSadiq further commended the officials of both the Federal and the state ministries of agriculture for ensuring transparency in the distribution of inputs to ensure that real farmers benefit.<br \/>\nOn of the beneficiaries of the free potato, Malam Abubakar Ibrahim, said that the training that accompanied the distribution was eye-opening.<br \/>\n\u201c I had been practicing the wrong agricultural methodology while cultivating the crop, Ibrahim said\u201d.<br \/>\nWhile commending the Federal for inputs, Ibrahim appealed for more of such kind of trainings especially in rural communities  for more farmers to benefit.<br \/>\n\u201c For me the training  is wonderful  because we have been farming traditionally without knowledge of what is happening in modern farming.<br \/>\n\u201cToday I learnt that some of the issues we have in poor harvest were as a result of poor agricultural practices and continuous use of old techniques.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c Another thing I learnt is the issue of record keeping during farming.<br \/>\n\u201cOur facilitators told us that keeping record will help us know what we invested and how to market our commodity, Ibrahim said\u201d.<br \/>\n600 farmers were trained and given 12, 000 bundles of potato vines  at the event.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-32210\" data-postid=\"32210\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-32210 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gombe Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN) has commended the Federal Government on the distribution of farm inputs to farmers in the state. 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