The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has commended the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, for its emergency support of 12 Billion Japanese Yen Loan to Nigeria to achieve a sustainable and resilience Agriculture under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP).
He noted that the facility will be utilized on three components namely; enhancement of rice seed quality, improvement in delivery of farm inputs, quality extension services and enhancement of private sector participation in the production of Agriculture inputs.