As daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Fatima Buhari visited Nasarawa State on Friday,. Over 2,233 farmers from 204 farming organisations who are engaging in rice and cassava production, processing and Marketing were profiled and benefitting from the Value Chain Development Programme ( VCDP) in the state.
Nasarawa State coordinator, Value Chain Development Programme ( VCDP) Dr Eunice Adgidzi who made the disclosure during the 3- day official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima Muhammadu Buhari to Nasarawa also said the programme was initiated by the federal government to improve cassava and rice Value Chain Development Programme for small scale farmers in the state.
She said the VCDP was initiated by the federal government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD).
The Nasarawa State VCDP coordinator further Stated that , the multi- million naira is completed in five local government Areas of the state since inception.
She listed the five local Government Areas that are currently benefitting from the programme to include Lafia,Doma, Wamba, Nasarawa and Karu. “
” So far,we have completed solar powered boreholes, Market stores, containing ten stores each, Market stores containing fourteen stalls in each benefitting local government Areas of the state”.
Dr Adgidzi further explained that VCDP has distributed 3,850 kg of oved varieties of seeds,23,100 kg of fertilizers and 154 litres of selective and non- selective herbicides to 136 farmers in the state.
Speaking during the occasion, daughter of the president, Fatima Muhammadu Buhari commended the level of implementation by VCDP in the state.
The president’s Daughter, who is the Market Enterprise Development Adviser of VCDP explained that her visit is aimed at supervising the project to ascertain the implementation.
” The visit is to check out our project work that we have done and how they are being maintained.”.
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