Enugu State Government under the leadership of His Excellency, Dr Peter Mbah in partnership with FGN/ World Bank will support 6,000 farmers across the 17 Local Government Areas of the State in the second phase of the project Implementation.
The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus ( NG-CARES) programme seeks to mitigate the effects of COVID- I9 crisis on the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable farmers.
The State Project Coordinator, Mr Jude Ogboke recently disclosed this in a meeting with the Project Management and Community Facilitators.
According to the Coordinator, the Fadama project is implementing the Result Area 2 of the NG-CARES programme in Enugu State.
He explained that the Result Area 2 which Enugu Fadama is facilitating aims at increasing food security and safe functioning of food supply chains.
Mr Ogboke noted that the project is providing Inputs and Assets Support to farmers who were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that most farmers suffered huge losses in thier farming activities as a result of the lockdown.
He noted that the project has already supported a total of 1,170 farmers in the first phase. The farmers were drawn from 6 Local Government Areas of the state which included Aninri, Isi-Uzo, Udenu, Nsukka, Ezeagu and Nkanu East.
The beneficiaries received Production Assets and Inputs support such as bags of fertilizers, Agro-chemicals, bundles of cassava stem, Cassava Grater, Cassava peeler, Communal Fryer, Knapsack Sprayer, Rice Thresher, Mini Rice Mill, Rice Destoner, Multipurpose Grinder and Water Pump.
He delightedly expressed appreciation to His Excellency, Dr Peter Mbah for having the interest of Enugu Farmers at heart, adding that this administration is eager to support Agricultural programmes in the state.
