German agency, GIZ has launched a radio programme in Plateau State to help transform fast staple food production and create employment
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Speaking at the launch, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, said the Farm Radio Programme initiative will complement his government’s efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger in the state and the nation as whole. Mr Lalong advised the private sector to embrace the initiative. “This will ensure the programme’s continuity for the sustainability of food security in the country as” it is another significant milestone in agricultural revolutionary policy campaign,” he said.
“We also need to raise awareness of our supporters groups of farmers and this we do to channel through the radio because we know that radio is used by a lot of people in Nigeria. She advised the farmer groups and other stakeholders targeted by the interactive radio programme to improve on their agricultural practices.
“It is to improve upon the work that the farmers are already doing and to bring innovation as extension staffs are already doing on the field. The radio program is coming to enhance it,” he said.
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