The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in partnership with Wardiere Oakmount Development — a real estate firm based in Houston, Texas and Abuja — has launched an initiative to empower 4,000 farmers in the Federal Capital Territory.
Tagged Operation Feed the Nation, the scheme will provide registered farmers in Kuje, Abuja, with seedlings and farmland to cultivate cashew, cocoa, maize, Malaysian palm trees, rice, millet, yam, and beans, among other crops.