{"id":69116,"date":"2023-02-10T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=69116"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:38:42","slug":"floods-saca-flags-off-distribution-of-post-flood-response-farm-inputs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/floods-saca-flags-off-distribution-of-post-flood-response-farm-inputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods: SACA Flags-Off Distribution Of Post-Flood Response Farm-Inputs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Non-governmental organization, Stakeholders Alliance for Corporate Accountability (SACA) on Friday commenced the distribution of Farm-inputs to farmers in Bayelsa State to cushion the impacts of the 2022 floods that ravaged farmlands across the state.<\/p>\n

\"\"The programme tagged, “Commissioning and Flag-off of farm-inputs disbursement” held at “Bayelsa State School-To-Land Authority” in Yenagoa, the state capital.<\/p>\n

Our Correspondent reports that following the 2022 floods that wrecked havoc in the state and triggered medical challenges and shortage of food supplies, SACA conducted Flood Disaster Risks Assessment that led to the rejigging of its existing project tagged: ‘ Protect, Respect and Remedy- UNGP-P2R-Implementing the UN Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights in conflict and post-conflict contexts in the Niger Delta’ to meet community needs.<\/p>\n

\"\"In his opening remarks, the Executive Director of SACA, Mr. Kingsley Ozegbe noted that the flag-off of the disbursement of the farm inputs that consisted of hybrid plantain suckers and cassava stems aligned with an objective of the project that seeks to support citizens to uphold their rights to sustainable livelihood.<\/p>\n

He described the programme as paramount, saying 1023 farmers in 24 pilot Communities across the state would benefit from the distribution.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director said: ” This programme is part of our existing project. The decision to support farmers with these food crops was taken by the Agriculture management Committee (AMC) after reviewing the Flood Disaster Risks Assessment report that SACA produced.”<\/p>\n

\"\"Ozegbe commended partners of the NGO, Misean Cara of the Republic of Ireland, the St. Patrick Missionary Society, and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for funding this component of the project to assuage the plights of the impacted people of the State.<\/p>\n

Performing the flag-off, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief David Alagoa, represented by the Project Manager of the Bayelsa State School-To-Land Authority, Mr Godwin Adeh, restated the State’s preparedness to continue to partner with SACA in its programmes.<\/p>

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\"\"He lauded the NGO for the initiative, describing it as timely, just as he said the ministry, in its quest to ensure food security in the state, recently distributed over 7,000 cassava stems and other improved seedlings, and crops to farmers in the State.<\/p>\n

In separate goodwill messages from the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Mrs Augustina Osuya, the state’s Branch Managers of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Mr Ikegwu Kenneth, and Mr Suowari Tonbara of the Nigeria Agriculture Insurance Corporation (NAIC), the trio commended the NGO for the initiative and encouraged beneficiaries to use the support to boost their production and enhance their potentials to access to credit facilities from their banks.<\/p>\n

Mr Suowari Tonbara specifically encouraged farmers to take up insurance scheme for their farms to minimize risks of loosing all their investment to unforeseen disaster like the recent flooding that occurred in the State.<\/p>\n

He said that the premium is usually very small because both the federal and State Government pay substantial part of the premium.<\/p>\n

Highpoints of the event were the field demonstration of planting techniques by a staff of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Onne, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n

He presented and taught participants modern ways of planting cassava stems and plantain suckers to achieve very good yield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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