FG, IFAD Move To Boost Food Security, Support 476 Taraba Farmers

The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), have provided farm inputs worth N373,000 each to 476 farmers in Taraba State in a fresh push to strengthen food production and deepen Nigeria’s food security drive.
The intervention, implemented under the IFAD-supported Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), targets farmers across eight local government areas of the state.
The distribution which is for the 2026 wet farming season is expected to boost rice and cassava production, increase rural incomes and expand access to food.
The beneficiaries were drawn from Ardo-Kola, Bali, Donga, Gassol, Jalingo, Karim Lamido, Takum and Wukari local govern...