The Federal Government commenced a comprehensive review of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket Project after recording 2,536,184 metric tonnes of produce valued at N2,312,746,400,000.00 over four farming seasons.
Speaking at the workshop on the implementation framework of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket Programme held on Thursday, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, said the meeting was convened to assess progress and strengthen implementation.
He said, “I express my profound gratitude and appreciation for being here amongst this important gathering brought together from different segments purposely to brainstorm on what has been done during the past seasons in the cause of implementing the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket Project.
“We are here to objectively examine its strengths and weaknesses with a view to identifying what needs to be modified to make it better, more efficient, more effective, and more impactful.”
Highlighting the project’s performance, the minister stated, “It is worthy of note that during the four seasons of programme implementation, a total of 2,536,184 metric tonnes of produce were recorded, with an estimated value of N2,312,746,400,000.00.”
