Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari, says the Federal Government is giving out a 50 percent subsidy to wheat farmers in the upcoming dry season farming to ensure massive production of the grain in the country.
Kyari said this after inspecting assorted seed wheat productions in Kano today, saying that the government is fully committed towards massive wheat production in the upcoming dry seasons farming for local and foreign export actions.
He explained that President Tinubu’s renewed agenda was aimed at making sure that Nigeria secured food production starting next month, with wheat farming taking a toll on dry season farming.
According to the minister, the Federal Government was making efforts to have enough seeds to cover the 70,000 hectares provided for wheat farming, to secure the nation’s food production and be self-sufficient, adding that local production was the only way to end dependency and importation.
