{"id":41839,"date":"2022-04-11T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=41839"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:39:23","slug":"wheat-farmers-commence-bumper-harvest-in-gombe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/wheat-farmers-commence-bumper-harvest-in-gombe\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheat farmers commence bumper harvest in Gombe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) in Gombe State, has said it commenced harvest of the 2,463 hectares of land cultivated during the dry season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ahmed Shamsuddeen, the secretary of the association, in Gombe on Monday, described the support of the Federal Government to wheat farmers as \u201cimpressive and helpful\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 2,643 hectares of wheat were cultivated under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) support for dry season farming in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shamsuddeen stated that the support of the Federal Government had boosted wheat farming in the state as well as changed the mindset of most wheat farmers in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the support has made many farmers to realize that farming is now a \u201cserious business\u2019\u2019 against the hitherto knowledge of cultivating wheat for consumption or selling at a giveaway price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The secretary said they were expecting bumper harvest, \u201cbecause of the support of the Federal Government to farmers that would have been idle during dry season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that a lot of benefits were derived from the intervention by the Federal Government from food security, preserving foreign exchange, creating jobs for youths and women, amongst others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of youths benefitted from the support from planting to fertilizer and agro chemicals application, weeding, and security men down to the time of harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c We have 109 clusters and 200 youths were engaged per cluster; if you multiply 109 by 200 you will understand the impact of the intervention of the Federal Government on youth employment in Gombe,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shamsuddeen called on youths to invest in wheat farming to earn a living and get good return on their investment, and added that \u201cwheat was now of global demand in view of Russia invasion into Ukraine\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo youth would regret going into wheat farming, wheat farming gives best returns on investment and I appeal to youths of Gombe and Nigeria to go into it and make money for themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shamsuddeen appealed to the Federal Government to expand its intervention for wheat production in the state to engage more farmers, boost wheat farming and create more jobs for youths.<\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-41839\" data-postid=\"41839\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-41839 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) in Gombe State, has said it commenced harvest of the 2,463 hectares of land cultivated during the dry season. 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