Under the programme, the NADF aim to provide 80,640 bags of subsidised NPK fertiliser to 20,160 smallholder farmers across Niger, Benue, Nasarawa and Kwara States, targeting priority food security crops to increase yields, reduce production costs and improve food supply.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Mohammed Abu Ibrahim, Executive Secretary/CEO of NADF, described the program as a strategic intervention designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing farmers; access to quality and affordable farm inputs.
According to Ibrahim, the initiative is fully aligned with President Tinubu’s vision of transforming agriculture into a major driver of economic growth, job creation and national development.
He said that the programme is deliberately structured to ensure that support reaches genuine farmers cultivating crops that are critical to food security and economic growth.
“FISP is not fertiliser distribution for the sake of distribution. It is targeted support designed to get fertiliser to the right farmers, for the right crops, at the right time. Our focus is on increasing productivity, improving farm output and supporting a more stable food market,” he said.
