{"id":56893,"date":"2024-11-28T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=56893"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:17:15","slug":"fcta-approves-contract-to-boost-dry-season-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/28\/fcta-approves-contract-to-boost-dry-season-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"FCTA Approves Contract to Boost Dry-Season Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken a groundbreaking step to enhance agricultural productivity by approving a contract for the procurement of essential inputs to support dry-season farming.<\/p>\n<p>The FCT Executive Council has sanctioned the purchase of 250 metric tonnes of NPK fertilizer, 300 metric tonnes of urea, 310 knapsack sprayers, and 3,500 litres of liquid fertilizer.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time the FCTA is investing in dry-season farming, a move expected to revolutionize farming practices in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan Geidam, Mandate Secretary of the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, highlighted that the initiative is designed to assist irrigation farmers, enabling year-round agricultural production and reducing reliance on rain-fed farming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This intervention will contribute significantly to the food security of the FCT population,&#8221; Geidam said.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aligns with the Federal Government&#8217;s broader strategy to promote dry-season farming across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the government announced a 50% subsidy on agricultural inputs for farmers, further incentivizing the shift toward irrigation-based agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>By providing critical support to farmers, the FCTA aims to bolster food production, improve livelihoods, and enhance agricultural resilience in the face of climate variability.<\/p>\n<p>This effort underscores the administration\u2019s commitment to fostering sustainable farming practices in the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken a groundbreaking step to enhance agricultural productivity by approving a contract for the procurement of essential inputs to support dry-season farming. The FCT Executive Council has sanctioned the purchase of 250 metric tonnes of NPK fertilizer, 300 metric tonnes of urea, 310 knapsack sprayers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57197,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56893\/revisions\/57197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}