Provide Real Database For Farmers Or Forget Subsidy, Agric Minister Tells States Govt

The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, (FMAFS), Abukakar Kyari has asked state government to provide a verifiable farmer database to enable the governments to dispense subsidies to genuine farmers.

Kyari said the database will help the ministry meet the target of cultivating crops on 500,000 hectares of farmlands across states in the country