The Adamawa Government has paid N20
million counterpart fund for the implementation of the FADAMA III Second
Additional Financing (AFII) programme to fast-track efforts to restore people’s
livelihoods in the state.
Mr Mohammed Bello, the State
Project Coordinator of FADAMA, made this known on Friday in Yola, while
presenting a report to the FADAMA mission team led by Dr Ben Herbert.
Bello said that the FADAMA
III (AFII) project, also known as North East Security and Livelihood Emergency
Support Project, was initiated to respond to the food and
livelihood needs of
families who were hitherto displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.
He noted that the feats
recorded in the project encouraged the state government to pay the counterpart
fund.
“The scope and scale up of
Fadama III (AFII) project activities in the six northeastern states of Borno,
Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi and Gombe is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness
of the project.
“Adamawa is one of the
participating states and it is expected that over 4,000 households in the state
would have been supported by the end of the project.
“FADAMA III (AFII) project
covers all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
“From the 4,000 supported
households, 2,240 persons were returnees and 1,760 persons were from the host
communities, while the project also engaged 20 facilitators across the state,’’
he said.
He said that the FADAMA III
(AFII) project had built the capacity of the beneficiaries and provided
advisory services for them.
“With regard to crop
production, 2,331 households were supported under the project, which also
supported fisheries.
“The inputs distribution
pattern showed that 12,950 kilogrammes of rice varieties like Faro 44 variety were
distributed, while 207 hectares of rice farmlands were cultivated.
“Other crops that were
distributed include maize, sorghum, groundnut and onion, while fertilisers,
herbicides and insecticides, among other inputs, were also dispensed.
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