5,253 Anambra rural farmers benefit from FADAMA intervention

Mr Chucks Egbueh, the Project Coordinator of FADAMA in Anambra, says 5, 253 farmers benefitted from the various interventions of the FADAMA III project in 2017.

Egbueh, at a parley with newsmen in Awka on Thursday, said that 4, 000 of the beneficiaries were rice farmers, while the rest were into cassava production.

The FADAMA project coordinator said that the farmers were empowered in the areas of book keeping, training on land preparation, distribution of inputs like certified seedlings, cuttings, fertilisers and farming kits.

“FADAMA 111 Additional Financing project in Anambra was largely successful in 2017.

“During the year, we were able to empower about 5, 253 rural farmers in Anambra, we gave them training and expertise.

‘’We also gave them inputs like certified seeds, fertilisers and chemicals at 50 per cent…