The federal government yesterday said it will intensify the distribution of agricultural inputs and implements to all farmers within the next couple of months.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Marcus Ogunbiyi, also said the exercise codenamed, “Operation Empty the Store,” would further enhance the capacity of farmers to boost food production across the country.
Ogunbiyi spoke at the opening of a one-day workshop with the theme, “Building Strong Partnership with the Media for Food Security,” organised for agriculture correspondents in Abuja.
He said, “It may interest you that the ministry will soon be distributing agricultural inputs and implements to all stakeholders, and arrangements are on and within the next couple of months, this will be done.
“And of course, immediately I resumed duties, I made a pronouncement that we will be embarking on operation Empty the Store.
“It means that all the equipment and inputs that we have in the store are not meant for the stores, they are meant for the farms.
“And therefore, we will embark on emptying all our stores nationwide such that equipment and inputs will be useful to our farmers.”