Index to Nigerian Newspapers

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed Nigeria's progress towards food sufficiency to the adoption of the Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP). The Federal Government has invested N1 trillion into local rice production, and the springing up of more domestic rice mills has further guaranteed the march to food sufficiency. The CBN has financed 4,489,786 farmers and planted over 100,000 hectares of wheat across 15 States, and is exploring a new rice seed variety with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). The CBN finance has created about three million jobs, especially for farmers and suppliers, and five million jobs are provided every year through this financing.

The Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP) has so far supported over 4.8 million small holder farmers across Nigeria for the production of 23 agricultural comodities, including maize, rice, oil palm, cocoa, cotton, cassava, tomato and live-stock. The Federal Government has sunk N1 trillion into local rice production, and the CBN is exploring a new rice seed variety with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) that has potential to deliver over 8 tons per/hectare.

The Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP) has so far supported over 4.8 million small holder farmers across Nigeria for the production of 23 agricultural comodities, including maize, rice, oil palm, cocoa, cotton, cassava, tomato and live-stock. The Federal Government has sunk N1 trillion into local rice production, and the CBN is exploring a new rice seed variety with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) that has potential to deliver over 8 tons per/hectare.