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GtIAAOIAN, SUnda)I/uIy \ 2012
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Certified Seeds, New Cocoa Varieties For Abia Farmers ~
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'T'HE Minisl!r of AJtricullUrc and Rural 1 ~klpment. Dr. Aldnwuml Adeslna, has promised tilt Iilrr.m in t\bia State that t21,OOO tumen will b~nt:Ht from the Growth En/'yncrmrnl SU~ poI1 ~me (GESS) of the ftd. ml ~llhls ~ He made this known on ~·In IJrnUahydurtng the Ilag-o/J of lht ~ tbt t JftidaJ prtJCIm\ilioo orN1 bUlion loans Wl Nu gomnmmt was giving In the £mnm in lhr: s&Itc. Accordlng tt' Dr, Adesina, e"o'\!ry single fMmer thit MnlSla do ice or malu woulil be given ~ for fl'ft'" In 50 k2 bags of certJ~ lice seeds and 40 kg I~oraniOrd malu seed In the prognm.t11e. ~ million fill'Tllers iln!' tar.rmd lOr GESS 0\ ~ fM )UfS. 'The minister colnrmonded Abla forbelngoollslstent In payln ~ up its state's counterpan sup~n for I adama and Agrtcuirul'31 funsfonnacon Agmda. The amount or 11lCftI~
$136m Expected From Cassava Chips Export
rOt {U""'MIS In the SUl~ he said, art'
such lhat ·ea~h Jlnnerwill p.:aySO percent of N88.000 roread package of hipu lS.· RKognlsing tJ~t ANa Stale produced the best cocoa iannt'I the minislff announced me ~ of e.;;JII ~ v.J.rtetl~ of cocoa hybrids which wilfbeyteJding two [onnes pe:r h«tiIrc as opp( sed to the 0.0'" tonnes per hKtare, a differ !ncr he said was more than rM-fold. "'We m- dlsrrlbudng 25/000 pods of lhese hybrids Iiur b.rmer:s In AD~ Stolle for (Itt," he' promistod. Dr.Adesilli disllosed thai 506 billion would bt'eamed thlS)'fat fTom cass.wa chips' export. One oflhose poised [0 be Invulvrd, he indicated, was EU' rhlll J IIJomIwe. Chub'UWadlLkwu.aconsuILllI1l0ntheloan and ch.Ilnnan 0 dlC occa.saon. wants prosp«live benefidarles to "ldentiN ilgriculmrill opportunities n every locar govern ment area," ming:he 'nput supply system in applylog the funds I tvJ the oIT-tliers' system to admInfstrr rhe funds. Wachukwu s.tld AbI.1 Slate alms dt c\1ft" 62,000 IOns of colUil~'a tuhen procusillg.as _II .as t.?SO tons of rice aoo l,25O cr;1£e$ 01 eggs daily. The state's "grfc commissioner. Ike
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with In agr1culturtll produaMtY: Governor Theodore Orjl of Abla State unveiled the reasons forsignlngoln Mol} with the Federal Mlni.stryof Agrk'Ult~SOlIylng thl! "MoU will guarantel! Ihecoltaboration of the
ensure the Implementation of the AgIfrulrural Transfonnation ~end.1ln AbIol." He stressed self-5umdency In fOod production as -. pa.nacu (or SUSQlna.blc d~mocracy and economic growth:
Technology, Processing Have·Made Cassava Very Safe ed SOIllCoftht baked rood produced with this GlSSiIVa Dour 1100 they oIretml better lh.m the ~ we aft' med tl). 'vYr r-t to emulate the peopko of Ba~h, who ruJuv.ne rice ,lIld GlneatSOllmetfilft'timesaday.OUrtooguewiU law adjust to wholt we produce. The ~nt was the ~ AIM ~Iopment Association (V,ID\~ OfgiInlsrd by the ARMTI lOr ~ in the Slate in ordci" to scnsltise lhml on the Inhamt benefits in the.JSSOd,}don ratllCt"than solltarysuuggle IOrsurvivill The progralTlf1'le whICh dmv many villagers to the1lm~ o1part from bI!Ing a GI~ty buildIng mdeawurw.as also .limed 011 trK'OUragin~ the tstabllsh~t or savings oInd ciMn scheme whlie proffering solutions to thdr challenge especially In lht oIl't,) 0( .JgTicullur· W
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The prograJIUTll" RCefltJy resusotaltd under
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the leildenhip of the director will 0100 be Inlroduced to people of Eknnja.rt in Irdodun L.ocaI GoYmlmrnt Anol (LGA). aJso Falokun-OJol and
Acconling to the ARMl1 boss. -c:ass;1Va Is ~ dangerous than wheat to diabetes patit'llts. But the tact is that someokkn da\'5 ~rieties of CiISSitVOl wert I1'IOft dangmJUS o1nd~ he.1lth hazards d~ to the pr-esmttol C)QrOOr In them. Todoly. however. peopII! consuming CilSSilVOl understand the Yiilrious pnXesslng mahods that ilrt' not hazardous to health. An you awart' of 01 variety thoat people U5C In pounding lib yam
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Afobyan while eqwlly rating the local riCe as
("")\JII.iERS v.vuld 8ft 2.7 biDion
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~ seeds to
F1nCfit biII'Tld of qunflty rcrUII ....er for high crop yield
In Mnl7,l.I, JUee. Cotton. Yom. Cnssa ...'8, So}"bcon. Todta 0, Millet. Sorghum, dlrcc:l1y to YOLI.
II",.., ....,., No more middlemen. II' Golden Fe.rtilT~er
(ao division of Flour MIlls of Nig. P k:.)
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A1hajl Bolba Bdlo rqnsmted the: Emir or 1I00n, A1hajl Ibrahim SUlu Gambao at the
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coco'), cowpea, maize and rice. nja.nl explained that the
million small 5Ci!lle Cart1lefS across the country aa:mIlng to the K.mo SGIlrCommissionl!rol ~ '" IIuIou 11jj.ml. ..
Ing ilbout 20 million fanners. with products to borisl their produttivil)LHe SOlIki the federal governmenl will provide rettllim- .It ilsub51diztd ratetobnnmln olddilion to other agricultural InpulS and illso buy die sur· plus from them to avoid unnecessary WilSl~
Hes.tld the Khemetaued'twallet. voucher' woul(f p~ vide seedlings for cotton.
1!",..15-15 NPK 20-10-10 1:!·12-17 + 2 Mg 0 2'7-13-13 416-0-0, etc
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scheme is .lImed at promot·
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tfiie launching of the Growth EnhiUlcrmml 5uppcn Schemr
NPK NPK NPK Urea
should be mand.1ted in the alN of m.Khlnt df$lgnlng In rice shelling process.. He noted, "Ourria is brnrt:. What 5GiIm pe0ple iI~y .from the mnsumpdon or OUt ria is the pt:bbIeS In them. Therdort. rdtYiiInt .agmdes should he asked to design dMtonlng machines that could makr the processing m
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Fanners Get 2.7billion Seeds Free FfIIIII ........... K.no
Agriculture & Agro-Allied
better and r1d'Irr In alor1es than the Imponed ones, warned 0( the consequmces condnued imporUtion of riCe. jUSlas he urges that some oJ the various ~nt olgrX InsUlU!r5
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KaIlO goyemor, Engr: Rolblu KwankWilso SOlIId his ~mlnjs.. tr.Itlon has since revtvnJ KASCOwhlch Is the stale aJtticultural finn ~ponslble Tor fenJliztr production and which has bern neglected since:ZOOl.
He said the Kano fanners should learn to hilmt'SS the a~ potentials In th~ ~Gue aild benefit £rom the federal Kl".....
Zamfara Fanners To Pay More For Fertilizer FftIm kIh ........ Gusau ~~.wrthe arnrunmnent
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crlOfamlrnfitmNlOOOpcr~toNlOOOpet"bag. The Stale Comm\ssk)ner £or ~lUrt', A1hall
Mawml ~Jyu Y.mdoto gld ttie new developrTlmt hasalreq takm effect acrtlS5saic:s cenm:s In the stilte. . TheCommiss~dJ.sdosedthatthenewd~
opment e.manattd rrom the state govt!mor. Abdutazlz Yarl Abubakolr. who called the Comrnissjoner on phone IOstop ~llIng renUizer .It N1000 prt bag ~ c:liRCt aU stakehoIdm on the on~ng ferrlllzersaJe:s .It the numerous outlets In the state to comply with d~ new ~
menl . "His Excellency has Cilncdied ltlC earlittdecJ. sian or the SOlIlo of fenilizrr to all CiltegoOes or ~nnen iICT05S the stille ill the cost ciT NIOOO perbag, Nowa bolgorfenillzrrsells forNJOOOw YoIndOlosaid. A ranner. Mulwnm.Klu JCoQ, from Bungudu local government., lolmt'llltd the 1DCrt'.15e: In prier, SOlIying thousiiInds 01 t:armers Ukr him across the roltl! will lose huge: pe1UIltage: 0( what has bI!en t!XP!C'ed to be prOdu~ In this yeo1r'S filnnlng 5("ilSOn. , am .lbsolUldy discouraged when inl"olll"liildon Cilmeto myknowll!dge: that.~Yarl had amshoot price to unaJJordable: ~te·, he noted.
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