The Federal Government has said it has registered about 5 million smallholder farmers for easy distribution of subsidised fertilizers for maximum food production.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alh. Sabo Nanono, disclosed this yesterday, during a Consultative meeting with relevant stakeholders on the development of template for the administration of subsidy to the smallholder farmers on a sustainable basis.
He said the Ministry has developed and registered the database of smallholder farmers for easy targeting with the fertilizer subsidy support.
He further explained that the primary concern of Government is how to get majority of the smallholder farmers out of extreme poverty through targeted support in order to increase their level of productivity, household incomes and by extension guarantee food security for the nation.
He, however, said that President Buhari has approved that, an implementation template be developed through consultative engagement with the relevant stakeholders on the best way of administering fertilizer subsidy to them nationwide on sustainable basis.
