Donated bicycle. Photo: Collins Agwam
The Federal Government, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, has distributed improved farm inputs and 22 tricycles to 1,918 farmers in Nasarawa State to boost rice and cassava production during the 2026 wet farming season.
The intervention, implemented under the Value Chain Development Programme with additional financing, targets farmers in Lafia, Doma, Wamba, Karu and Nasarawa Local Government Areas.
Speaking during the distribution ceremony in Lafia on Tuesday, the State Programme Coordinator of the FGN/IFAD-VCDP, Dr Eunice Adigizi, said the support would cover the cultivation of 195 hectares of rice and 140 hectares of cassava across the benefiting communities.
According to Adigizi, beneficiaries comprise 31 rice farmer organisations and 23 cassava farmer organisations drawn from 76 farmer groups.
