Accelerated Agric Devt. Scheme: 10,000 farmers to benefit in Adamawa
At least 10,000 farmers from Adamawa State are to participate in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS). Mr. Godwin Emefiele CBN Governor Alhaji Ahmadu Waziri, Adamawa State Commissioner for Agriculture, disclosed this during a town hall meeting organised for representatives of farmers’ groups in the state on the programme recently. Waziri explained that the programme, a special one under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, is designed for unemployed young people within 18 to 35 years who are not currently participating in similar government empowerment programmes. The commissioner noted that the state government entered maize and livestock as its choice areas under the programme, adding that the educated and non-educated can join the scheme as long as they are willing to embrace agriculture. Waziri said under the programme, the state government would provide land to the beneficiaries where necessary, while participa...