The embassy noted that media coverage of its activities presented an inaccurate picture of U.S. agricultural initiatives in Nigeria.
Mr Isua-Ikoh further called for the removal of bioengineered food products from Nigerian and Cross River markets.
The project is being rehabilitated in collaboration with the federal government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda Programme.
He said that the RAAMP project was ongoing and had been implemented across 19 states of the federation.
“But within the next 10 days, all farmers are expected to have received their inputs to commence cultivation,” he said.
Alphonsus Inyang, National president of NPPAN, communicated this in an interview on Friday in Abuja.
She said the priorities of the programme, especially in agri-business, would enhance delivery mechanisms.
The state project coordinator, Stephen Numbeve, disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Makurdi.
The Kaduna government says it is collaborating with the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa to strengthen agricultural policies and boost smallholder farmers’ ability to participate in the maize
The Katsina government has inaugurated an ad hoc farmer-herder conflict prevention and resolution committee.
