Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari, says the Federal Government is giving out a 50 percent subsidy to wheat farmers in the upcoming dry season farming to ensure massive production of the grain in the country.
“We are fully committed towards massive wheat production in the upcoming dry seasons farming for local and foreign export actions,” he said. The minister, who was in Kano and Jigawa to supervise the seed production, expressed satisfaction that the local production was a vital component of the farming.
The minister explained that the Federal Government was making efforts to have enough seeds to cover the 70,000 hectares provided for wheat farming.
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