The Customs Officers’ Wives Association has announced plans to plant 5,000 trees across 50 Nigerian border communities.
Ms Isah reaffirmed the programme’s commitment to boosting agricultural productivity and improving rural livelihoods.
The items included high-yield seedlings, blended fertilisers, tractors, and pesticides.
He said the establishment of the ministry was a strategic step toward modernising livestock production.
Ms Agu said the ministry was ready to provide women farmers the opportunity to benefit from empowerment programmes.
Egypt has begun establishing the world’s largest date plantation, with a total of 2.3 million palm trees to be planted in the Toshka and Al-Owainat regions.
This initiative is projected to create an additional 100,000 jobs and increase foreign currency inflows into South Africa’s economy.
A farmer-herder conflict in the Funakaye community led to the death of two persons, a village head’s son and a policeman.
“Once the quality of such crops starts diminishing, their market value will start declining, leading to shortages for farmers,” said the AFAN chair.
Governor Nasir Idris has donated N150 million to victims of the recent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Arewa LGA.
