The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has announced plans to leverage £204 million in private sector investment to boost agriculture in Nigeria, targeting 3.79 million smallholder farmers.
Mrs. Adiya Ode, Country Representative for Propcom+, a UK-funded programme, disclosed this on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Katsina.
Ode explained that Propcom+ is an eight-year climate-resilient agricultural market development initiative under UK Aid, aimed at supporting economic growth for smallholders and SMEs in conflict- and climate-affected regions.