NDDC Donates N14m Farm Equipments To Edo Farmers

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Edo part, has lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for donating farm equipments worth N14 million to the association. 

The branch administrator of AFAN, Chief Emmanuel Odigie, made this commendation in a meeting with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Sunday. 

Odigie said that the farm equipments including two tractors, a harrower, a planter and a harvester, were given to the association a month back. 

He said that the utilization of the equipment would advance large scale cultivating and make it appealing to youths in the state. 

‘’I want to commend the NDDC for this kind gesture because before now, farmers in the state found it difficult to access tractors.

‘’We have introduced cluster farming, where 10 or more farmers can come together to carry out farming operations in one location.

‘’So the tractors will help immensely in farm clearing, harrowing and planting.

‘’It will also motivate the youth to go into farming and transform the subsistence farmers into commercial farmers,” he said.

He said that the tractors would be enlisted out on first come, first serve premise and asked agriculturists in the state to exploit this. 

''The agriculturists will pay a token to cover the operation and maintenance cost,'' he included.