COVID-19 : NIGERIA DISTRIBUTES FREE SEEDS, FERTILIZERS, TO KOGI FARMERS

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As part effort to ensure food production is not affected by the devastating effect of COVID-19 and ensure a more sustainable and resilient food system in the country, the Nigerian Government Thursday handed over farm inputs to Kogi state farmers.

Minister of Agriculture Sabo Nanono, while Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at the Ministry’s Warehouse at Okene road, Kogi State, said the distribution of the free agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers was to enhance food production, create employment and enable farmers to recover quickly from sudden shocks of the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as sustain food supply in 2021.

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News come from: http://wafafertilizer.org/en/market-news/2020/07/02/covid-19-nigeria-distributes-free-seeds-fertilizers-kogi-farmers/