Amidst drylands, droughts and shortage of water on farmlands, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN and Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria, FACAN have recommended the need for irrigation facilities to enable them produce all-year-round.
$538.05m was given to the Federal Government of Nigeria by the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones for Nigeria programme.
Nigeria was also part of the countries that signed the Maputo agreement but it seems there’s a derivation from the document, an expert had caution. Find out about details of the Mozambique event here
