NaijaAgroNet
Nigerian farmers have
appealed to the Federal Government to make access to credit facilities for
their members easy by relaxing
stringent rules, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Making this appeal in a chat with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and monitored by NaijaAgroNet, the former Delta Chairman,
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Jerry Ossai, urged government at
all levels to end all rules that serve as obstacles to enable farmers access
credit facilities to boost food production.
Ossai noted that although funds were available
to provide lending facilities to farmers in Nigeria, but the conditions were
too stringent for rural farmers to benefit, adding that access to farm inputs
like high yielding seedlings, fertilizers, herbicides among others has made
investment in agriculture especially farming very difficult.
“Loans are there to be obtained but the
conditions are too stringent for rural farmers to access. Liberal terms to
cooperative groups may help to address the challenge of funds and access to
input may be tied to repayment with harvest,” he said.
Cyriacus Nnaji/ GEE
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