Nigerian Farmers Benefit from USAID Agricultural Initiative

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Markets has said that, no fewer than two million rural farmers have benefited from agricultural and capacity building assistance of the agency since 2005 as part of efforts to boost food security in the country. In achieving this gesture, the agency said that, it had provided mechanization and capacity building grants to 29 high performing farmer groups across the northern, Middle Belt and Southern regions of the country and this had improved their farm production. The Director, External Relations USAID Markets 11, Mr. Godson Ononiwu, disclosed this in Kpada town in Patigi local government council of Kwara state during the presentation of tractor with implements to the Anfani Kin Kpada Tifin Cooperative Society over the weekend. He said: “In Benue and. Kwara states, USAID Markets has been providing agricultural and capacity building to 70,139 aqua culture, rice and soya bean farmers since April 2012.