Edo farmers seeks FG’s support to boost productivity
Chairman of Orhionmwon Farmers Association in Edo state, Clement Obayuwana has urged the federal government to support its members with loans and farm inputs to boost productivity.
Obayuwana made the call in Benin on Friday. The association chairman said the call has become necessary following the proximity of the 2020 farming seasons.
He said that such support would boost farmers’ morale and engender improved productivity, asserting that the lack of farming inputs and access to loans were major challenges being faced by farmers in the state.
The association chairman called for the reintroduction of the growth enhancement scheme of the Nigerian agricultural transformation agenda.
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He said that farmers started facing difficulties in accessing inputs when the growth enhancement scheme programme was stopped.
“When the growth enhancement scheme programme was operational, farm inputs were subsidised and farmers had easier access to inputs.
“Government should support farmers with loans; they should also provide farm inputs to enable us cultivate massively,” he said.
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