Rice: RIFAN Flags Off 2019 Dry Season Farming - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 20, 2019
Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria,RIFAN hasflagged off its multi billion naira 2019 dry season rice farming.
RIFAN President, Aminu Goroyo, said during the flagoff in Abuja, that the project was executed under the Central Bank on Nigeria AnchorBorrowers programme .
The president however, said that the association wasworking out the fund modalities with the bank.
He said that the planting would commencesimultaneously in the 774 local government areas of the 36 states of thefederation and FCT.
Goroyo said that each state and the FCT wouldcommence distribution of high breed seeds and farm inputs to over 700,000participating farmers that were expected to cultivate 570,000 hectares of land.
He said that most farmers are enthusiastic about thedry season farming because they were sure of high yields.
Goroyo stressed that the federal government decisionto ban rice importation was another source of encouragement as it had startedyielding the desired result.