Yobe invests 4 billion USD in agriculture

Yobe invests 4 billion USD in agriculture

By: Yahaya Wakili

The Yobe state government has already invested over four billion dollars ($4B) in agricultural programs across the 178 communities in order to boost food security in the state.

Governor Mai Mala Buni, CON, disclosed this today while distributing agricultural inputs to 1,000 farmers, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), from Mandunari town in Gujba LGA at the Government House, Damaturu.

He revealed that Mandunari remains the only ward in the state that has yet to be resettled, adding that government commitment to ensuring the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of all IDPs by investing in infrastructure.

“Government in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to support an additional 2,000 farming households with agricultural inputs in three local government areas, namely, Damaturu, Tarmuwa, and Geidam,” Buni said.

Governor Buni revealed that smallholder farmers will also receive training in climate-smart agriculture and animal husbandry; in addition, 1,000 farmers trained by the Ministry of Livestock Development under the Durable Solutions Programme will also get grants to sustain their livelihoods.

“Dry season farmers will also receive water pumps with a view to improving their farming of onions, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, and others.

Yobe invests 4 billion USD in agriculture