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Over 30,000 farmers have benefited from the 2013 Special Value Chain Initiative of the Federal Government’s Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES) in Bauchi.
Malam Mohammed Yusuf, the Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the state, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi.
Yusuf said that out of the beneficiaries, 276 benefited under the Sesame value chain; 17,400 under sorghum; 11,316, cotton and 871 under soya beans value chain.
``Others are 100 skin dealers and 15 livestock farmers who also benefited under the livestock initiative.
He said the scheme had identified problems associated with the stages of production from planting to harvesting, processing, preservation and marketing.
``What the Federal Government did was to empower the farmers with inputs, create economic value for harvesting, set up processing plants, ensured preservation and link farmers or dealers to available market.
``This is to ensure that nobody at any stage of the production ladder of these commodities run at a loss.
``Under the beef value chain, for example, each farmer received 38 bags of 25 kg fattening concentrate and four blocks of salt licks at 50 per cent discount.
``The farmers were also linked with the Bauchi Meat Factory to ensure that no beneficiary operate at a loss.
``For the leather value chain, each farmer was supported with 10 bags of 50 kg industrial salt at 50 per cent discount for skin preservation,``he said.
Yusuf said the effort was aimed at ensuring that the potential of every commodity was optimally exploited.
``The intervention was designed to ensure that every aspect of production is adequately supported to maximise the exploitation of their economic potentials,’’ the director said
Malam Mohammed Yusuf, the Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the state, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi.
Yusuf said that out of the beneficiaries, 276 benefited under the Sesame value chain; 17,400 under sorghum; 11,316, cotton and 871 under soya beans value chain.
``Others are 100 skin dealers and 15 livestock farmers who also benefited under the livestock initiative.
He said the scheme had identified problems associated with the stages of production from planting to harvesting, processing, preservation and marketing.
``What the Federal Government did was to empower the farmers with inputs, create economic value for harvesting, set up processing plants, ensured preservation and link farmers or dealers to available market.
``This is to ensure that nobody at any stage of the production ladder of these commodities run at a loss.
``Under the beef value chain, for example, each farmer received 38 bags of 25 kg fattening concentrate and four blocks of salt licks at 50 per cent discount.
``The farmers were also linked with the Bauchi Meat Factory to ensure that no beneficiary operate at a loss.
``For the leather value chain, each farmer was supported with 10 bags of 50 kg industrial salt at 50 per cent discount for skin preservation,``he said.
Yusuf said the effort was aimed at ensuring that the potential of every commodity was optimally exploited.
``The intervention was designed to ensure that every aspect of production is adequately supported to maximise the exploitation of their economic potentials,’’ the director said
