{"id":11535,"date":"2017-03-15T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2017-03-15T20:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T19:19:17","slug":"distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mailContent\">\n<div id=\"message1367451684\" class=\"messagebody undoreset clearfix\">\n<div class=\"plainMail\">TAYO OLANIPEKUN<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">Oxfam with the support of the European Union has distributed dry season farming inputs to farmers in Kebbi State in its bid to improve livelihoods of small holder farmers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">\u00a0The distribution, which took place onWednesday, at Birni Kebbi was part of Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) Project, anEuropean Union Support to Food Security and Resilience in Northern Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">Six thousand bags of fertilizers were distributed to 1,500 farmers as 400 surface irrigation water pumps were also handed over to over 62 farmers groups for the 2017 dryseason farming activities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">According to a statement issued by Oxfam after the event, fertilizers and irrigation water pumps are critical to dry season farming production in Kebbi State and most small holder farmers have been having challenges accessing these inputs.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">During the ceremony, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Mohammed Dandiga, implored the beneficiaries to make good use of the inputs for theintended purposes only so as to improve theirproductivities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">\u201cYou are not theonly dry season farmers in the State but you are privileged to be among theselected farmers to benefit from this gesture. That is why it is very importantfor you to keep to all the rules and ensure you fulfil your own side of the commitment so that other farmers will benefit as well. We have to express our gratitude to Oxfam for selecting Kebbi State for the Project,\u201d said Dandiga.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">According to the Programme Manager, Kebbi State Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (KARDA), Mallam Sanusi Illo, the distribution of the inputs to the farmers was timely and strategic, adding that small holder farmers have been sitting on abundance resources but lack institutional supports, new knowledge and skills to explore the potentials around them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">Corroborating that, Oxfam Livelihood and Private Sector Manager, William Mafwalal, said the projectis supporting the state government in its efforts towards improving agricultural productivity, enhancing food security and reducing poverty, especially among small holder farmers in rural communities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">\u201cThis is just the beginning of the full implementationof the project. It is a four-year intervention with lots of components allaimed at fighting hunger and building the resilience of farmers,\u201d noted Mafwalal.<\/div>\n<div class=\"plainMail\">\n<div class=\"mtoolbar-bottom\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/m.mg.mail.yahoo.com\/neo\/m\/compose?&amp;ac=FGFHzGK1IN.9aRxvzcGLTWifSRg-&amp;.rand=1435032718\" method=\"POST\" name=\"showMessageForm\">\n<div class=\"col_left\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mtoolbar-bottom\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/m.mg.mail.yahoo.com\/neo\/m\/compose?&amp;ac=FGFHzGK1IN.9aRxvzcGLTWifSRg-&amp;.rand=1435032718\" method=\"POST\" name=\"showMessageForm\">\n<div class=\"col_left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col_left\"><strong>Photo caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>From Left: Commissioner for Agriculture, Kebbi State, Mohammed<br \/>\nDandiga; Livelihood and Private Sector, Oxfam, William Mafwalal;Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture,Mohammed Lawal-Argungu and the Coordinator, Oxfam\/EU Pro Resilience Action Project (PROACT), Olumide Ojo,during the distribution of Oxfam\/EU PROACT fertilizers to dry season farmers in Birnin- Kebbi, on Wednesday.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAYO OLANIPEKUN Oxfam with the support of the European Union has distributed dry season farming inputs to farmers in Kebbi State in its bid to improve livelihoods of small holder farmers. \u00a0The distribution, which took place onWednesday, at Birni Kebbi was part of Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) Project, anEuropean Union Support to Food Security and &hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1636],"coauthors":[2392,2393],"class_list":["post-11535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-fertilizer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TAYO OLANIPEKUN Oxfam with the support of the European Union has distributed dry season farming inputs to farmers in Kebbi State in its bid to improve livelihoods of small holder farmers. \u00a0The distribution, which took place onWednesday, at Birni Kebbi was part of Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) Project, anEuropean Union Support to Food Security and &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-15T18:26:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-15T19:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"602\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"452\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dayo Emmanuel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg\",\"width\":602,\"height\":452},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/\",\"name\":\"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-15T18:26:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-15T19:19:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f\",\"name\":\"Dayo Emmanuel\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/dayo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire","og_description":"TAYO OLANIPEKUN Oxfam with the support of the European Union has distributed dry season farming inputs to farmers in Kebbi State in its bid to improve livelihoods of small holder farmers. \u00a0The distribution, which took place onWednesday, at Birni Kebbi was part of Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) Project, anEuropean Union Support to Food Security and &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2017-03-15T18:26:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-03-15T19:19:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":602,"height":452,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dayo Emmanuel","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170315_192325.jpg","width":602,"height":452},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/","name":"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-03-15T18:26:02+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-15T19:19:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/distribution-of-oxfameu-proact-fertilizers-to-dry-season-farmers-in-birnin-kebbi-pix\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Oxfam, EU distribute fertilizers, equipmentto rice farmers in Kebbi"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/806673c5851717dc3067b1a46a6c060f","name":"Dayo Emmanuel","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/dayo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11543,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions\/11543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11535"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}