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Wedntsdg. October 10. 2012
What the farmers say...
el-Kabir: Floods prices of food in Abuja markets SimiarlY. the COlt ollhutoxlt esp«lally rams wIUdt are in bigh demand ror the ~ <el<b_ """ wo ..... hlcb.. A busirllCU man who KIlt rood ittm at UtV.o markd. In Abuja, Malam Musa rJbria MaidUSuri. pjd the 800d dlsastn that afliccttd many $la1ts has (OOtnbuted
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the bilt£ in the prica of rood it£msaadlhutockln the FCT.
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Quatioo.: Milim Bako K.hnaJu 0803914 389S The nood in most parts lhis country hu wuhed away farmlands and destroyftl crops. What practical step will 8Oft'"nment taU lomsu~ that they SUard against
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RuponU' .,. Sldlsu &7,.ltIIlMtttlMtta, CHrKtmInform_flo,., Ftdnw' Mi,dJITy ofAr'fcIIltllre. Th~ Feden.1 Gowmmmi is workinll out • sprcW flood r«O\"ery rood production plan to JrOW ~ rood through Irriptlon in lhe forthcominll dry lelson to minimist the eff«t 0( crop IosICI caUKd by th~ recent Iloodmg thlt ckstro~ hlnnsin puuof th~ country.
devutalKm II ClIIUJed.
Mlnislt:rof Agnculture and Rural Devdormmt Dr Akinwumi Ackslnl Aid. ~while_rympathlzc Wlth rarmen m th~ Ilood illected areas. I WOlInt to assUfE than that we will do tvttythlnl possible 10 make up k»t Jw-vut through an agfUSive food rroducdon rhtn rOf Ihedry KUOn Wewt.llnot
-rhe redenl government will hdp tlHo pun ment or Nlgct' Stlte to ck1.1 WlI h the probk:m and hdp 11K (armen to recover (rom the dC'VllStating Impact of the ()oodinl on their crops.~ hemteraled Sirkin Nonun Wushbhl, A,,-/i MUll Gudist. who was among the peopl~ who rKtivN the minislt:r and lhe Nigct'
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and rttlili7.en to rarmer. in Rood affected .,cu.~ he
ibe Im~-ed early maturi"lo hish-yiddtna seecb would be rudy tOr ha.rw:sting WIthin 60 daY' of plantinl; M Aid. Moved by what he AW of the dcvutatlOn cauwd by the Roods on ria, maW and lwwla crops aIon(I the banks Riwr Kaduna, whkh pused through 15 local p-nnment Ire., 0( the stale, Dr Adesina said thlt the rakral govttnment was concerned lbout the rfight of the Victims or the nood and would do ~Ing pos5ibl~ 10 mltlgal~ tht'
food InJ«Uritr' 1Ua/,.uJi" ...,.,~ from
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wiI.I dlstJibute I~ hiBh y;dding Ylridicl or ria. cw:aYl and yams.. Government will put in place a 'flood rKoYnY rood producdon plan' lhal will include rree distnbutlon
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Adesina. who dIJdoscd this m Wushishi durmll hil lour to nood Iff«ted areas In Niger Ind Kwara states., said early. maturin, maize seeds would JUOn M provided to farmers fat- .awing. ~We Or
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Alhari Abubabr lbeta, al the nooded bank or RJVn Kadunl. Just outside Wushllhi 10wn. uprcucd haM'in", with the visit by lhc minister
The Iarse-scalc farmer Inrormed the minister and the deputy governor that the Growth Enhancelncnl SuMKKt scheme or the (eden! SOW'rnmcnt made it pouibk: for hundrcdJi 0( rumen in thelrea toacCftl ,ubsidiwd rertiliun and Improwd suds lhrough e-wallrt. He advised thai the rrosramm~ should M expanded and sWlaincd beause 0( Its benefits to lm&lJ·ho&dcr Earlier. durin, I courtesy call on him by tIM: mlnilt~r. Niger State ~rnor DL Mu'azu Bab.ngida Ahyu.. urrc-ed aM1rccialhln ror lhc VUlt and Nld lhal 11 was I dtmonJlllllion 0( the concern Ih~ rcdcral SO"-crnment had (or the wellbeing or th~ cilians. He disclosed that hll go\'crnmenl will Immediatdy rc\eaK NlSO million to case the ,ufferins of the 42 .000 people displaced by nooding In 1M 'Ial~. and unfolded a lhtn' ·ynr plan 10 cultl\'ale 100,000 h«taru of rice an 1M
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While in Kwara Slate. the minist~r visited flood-ravaged Shonp and lanaJI w~ he condokd the pc<!pI~ and usunod them of prompt govunmcnt intnwntion through the provision of fenlllzcr. Improved scedJi and ClSUYl plantmg malmlls rree of charge H~ laler held a ck>Kd door dbcusslon WIth the gow-rnor or Kwan C;tate. AI""l! Abdulr.tlh Ahmed.