Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The Edo State coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Samuel Owoicho has said that the ministry had concluded plans to distribute inputs to farmers ahead of the farming season in the 11 Local Government Areas of the state.
He also said that the seeds and the irrigation equipment were part of the inputs to be distributed to the farmers.
According to him, 11 local government areas of Edo have been selected to benefit from the support.
“The Federal ministry of Agriculture and Food Security will be unveiling the distribution of inputs to farmers first week of April.
“Farmers from 11 local government areas of the state have been selected already. Each selected farmer is to be given three bags of fertilisers at 50 per cent subsidized rate,” Owoicho said.