NEDC allocates 2,000 bags of fertiliser for dry season farming

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The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has allocated 2,000 bags of NPK 15:15:15 fertiliser, awaiting distribution to farmers for the 2024 dry season farming in Adamawa.

Alhaji Tijjani Maksha, Adamawa Commissioner For Livestock and Aquaculture Development, overseeing the Ministry of Agriculture, disclosed this at the quarterly ministerial briefing in Yola on Tuesday.

According to him, at present, the ministry has 17,271 bags of NPK fertiliser boost food production in the state.

He said that the input included 8,560 litres of herbicide, 223,881 kilogrammes of rice seeds and 10,000 kilogrammes of maize seeds