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One Acre Fund, a non-for-profit development organisation that supports smallholder farmers in Nigeria by providing them with access to high quality agricultural inputs, training and financing, will hold the official flag off of the 2024 input delivery to farmers on Thursday, in Bosso Local Government, Niger State.
The spokesperson for One Acre Fund Nigeria, Mr. Kazi Nanyah, made this known stated in a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Minna, the Niger state capital.
He said: “This event marks the commencement of our input delivery season, where we will distribute high-quality seeds, fertilisers, and other agricultural inputs to over 65,000 smallholder farmers across communities in Niger and Kwara States.
The statement further that the event will be attended by government officials, development partners, community leaders, security outfits, and representatives from One Acre Fund, stressing that it will provide an opportunity to showcase commitment to supporting farmers and promoting agricultural development in Nigeria.
Kazi Nanyah noted that One Acre Fund is a non-profit development organisation that supports smallholder farmers in Nigeria by providing them with access to high-quality agricultural inputs, training, and financing, highlighting, that since our inception in Nigeria in 2018, we have been committed to driving food security, ending hunger and poverty by increasing farm productivity and improving the livelihoods of rural farmers.
According to him, “Our last-mile delivery approach ensures that farmers receive the input they need directly at their doorsteps,empowering them to thrive in their farming activities, emphasising that through our Trees programme, in 2023, we delivered 2.6m trees to 110,000 farmers in Niger state.”
“We are currently setting up decentralised nurseries across three states namely: Niger, Nasarawa & Kwara to distribute 6m trees to 220k farmers this year. In our continuous efforts to reach more farmers and expand our impact, we have scaled our operations beyond Niger State to include Kwara and Nasarawa States”.
This growth, the statement pointed out, “signifies our commitment to reaching under-served farming communities and supporting agricultural development across multiple states in Nigeria”.