The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources have signed a $350,000 drip irrigation fund for the promotion of irrigation farming in the country.
Recall that FAO earlier this year had promised to provide $350,000 in technical support for irrigation farming in Nigeria.
This fund according to FAO comes under the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) which member states enjoy through the sectors under FAO mandate.
Speaking at the signing ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja, FAO Representative in Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr Fred Kafeero, said the initiative will bring more youths, smallholder farmers and other vulnerable groups to engage in the production of high-value crops all year round.
Kafeero expressed hope that through the implementation of the TCP, Nigeria will be able to strengthen its agriculture and food safety systems by making them sustainable and inclusive.
“It is our hope that through the implementation of the TCP, Nigeria will be able to strengthen its agriculture and food safety systems by making them sustainable and inclusive while at the same time ensuring improved health and livelihoods,” Kafeero said.
He, therefore, called on stakeholders involved to play their part in ensuring that the projects are implemented successfully as outlined in the agreements we are signing today.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs Esther Didi Walson-Jack, said the TCP will add about 20 to 25 hectares of irrigated land to what the country already had.
“This will bring us closer to our target for the year 2025 which is to have 270,000 hectares of irrigated land,” she noted.
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