Mr Buhari has always publicised his ranch consisting of about 150 cows as his only venture since pulling out of the military nearly four decades ago.
Kaduna State received 350 bags of 100kg seeds, while Kano and Katsina states received 500 bags of 100kg seeds each.
The project will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape management practises in northern Nigeria, said the World Bank.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the newly launched agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria can tackle poverty in Nigeria.
“For the first time in the history of the ministry, we have crossed over a billion naira in IGR.”
“In Lagos, that should be the centre of excellence in the promotion of Nigerian goods, we still crave for imported rice.”
No fewer than 60 people, including farmers, coconut growers, researchers, processors, producers, marketers, and financial institutions, participated in the workshop.
The minister said the policy would ensure food and nutrition security as well as promote export of agricultural produce, create jobs and boost wealth creation for the country.
The government said the call has become necessary due to the dangers of “this highly contagious and zoonotic disease of dogs, cats and some wild animals.’’
The company will, in 2022, finance farmers in the country, through the Benin Republic government, to produce 20,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice during the dry season.
