Nigerian farmers earned N303billion under World BankFadama III-Dr. Oredipe
The World Bank Fadama III AF Project Task Team Leader, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe has said that farmers participating under the Fadama III Additional Financing earned about N303 billion from the cultivation of four advantage crops supported by the project.
Oredipe listed the projects to include rice, cassava, sorghum, and tomato.
The team leader stated this in Abuja during a special award ceremony organised by the National Fadama Coordination Office to recognise staff and stakeholders that contributed towards the successful implementation of the project in Nigeria.
In a statement by the Bauchi State Communication Officer of the fadama III AF Project, Mohammed Danladi Abdul who also received the Best Communication Officers’ award at the ceremony, said that Oredipe explained that, the Fadama III AF had contributed to the agricultural transformation and development in Nigeria in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), food security, youth and women employment and rural development.
He specially cited the graduate youth unemployment scheme of the project were unemployed graduates that had undergone agric entrepreneurship training of the project will be supported with financial grant to set up small agric business in the area of the choices.
He stressed that, these achievements was recorded as a result of good leadership and commitments from all the stakeholders especially from the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh
Oredipe therefore called on the management of the National Fadama Coordination office to ensure that, the remaining indicators of the objectives of the project are achieved before the closure of the project in 2019.
In his speech at the occasion, the National Project Coordinator of the Fadama III Additional Financing Project, Mr. Adetayo Adewumi said the project had added to the nation’s food supply a total of 3.69 million metric tons of rice with 1,497,366 metric tons, cassava 841, 054, tomato 1,497, 366 while sorghum contributed 184,978 respectively.
He added that the North East food security and livelihood Emergency support project has positively rehabilitated the displaced persons as a result of the activities of the insurgency in the North East.
