FAO distributes seeds, fertiliser to 100,000 households in N/East

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has distributed seeds and fertiliser to about 100,000 households in the North-East in its ongoing wet season programme.

The FAO’s Communication and Reporting Officer in Maiduguri, Ms Patrina Pink, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

Pink expressed optimism that the move would boost crops’ production in the region.

She also said that with the increased access to farming lands in newly accessible areas in the region, crops and livestock production were expected to increase.

She quoted the June 2018 Displacement Tracking Matrix, as saying that about 1,549,630 people have been returned to their original communities in the North-East.