Ogbe commissions erosion prone farm in North East

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Monday at Madobi village in Katsina State performed the flag- off Ceremony of erosion prone farm connected market roads and rehabilitation of degraded rangeland, cutting across 7 states in the Savannah Belt of the country.

The benefiting Communities of the project being implemented under the IFAD- Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP) spread across the 7 States of the country comprising: Borno, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara states.

The project which will be completed this year will undertake 22 rural roads with support structures such as drainages, culverts, rails and drifts covering a distance of 59.09km across the participating states.