Francis Sardauna writes that with the commissioning of Integrated Farm Estate in Katsina, the Buhari-led administration is achieving agricultural mechanisation and food security
President Muhammadu Buhari on July 19, 2021 commissioned the newly established Integrated Farm Estate built and equipped by the National Agricultural Land Authority (NALDA) which is designed to efficiently accommodate, empower and position a new set of 1,500 agro entrepreneurs every year in order to diversify the nation’s economy and enhance food security.
The NALDA integrated farm estate, cited in Suduje, Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State, is designed with a complete production chain for food and livestock, an irrigation system so that farmers will have three production cycles in a year, and farmers from outside the estate will also have their products processed and packaged so they can get more value.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that with more determination on the part of the federal government, the target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty cycle is realisable.
He, therefore, canvassed more synergy between government and the people, and diligence in diversifying the economy, with agriculture as the backbone to realise the goal.
The president, in a statement yesterday by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, at the inauguration of the first National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje-Daura, said that Nigeria was blessed with both human and natural resources it could deploy to achieve the target.
Tue Jul 20 2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will collaborate with the National Agriculture Land Development Authority (NALDA) to develop integrated farms across the country, provide affordable and accessible finance to farmers in Nigeria’s rural communities and provide jobs for its teeming population.
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele said this during the inauguration of the first National Agriculture Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje Daura, Katsina State by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Emefiele said it is an agricultural hub for inhabitants of the area with its wide-range of facilities to support the rearing of poultry, goat and rabbit pens as well as fish ponds, crop farming areas, processing and packaging plants, storage, clinics, residential areas, schools, training centres and an administrative facility.
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