AFAN, Value 360 Move To Improve Fertiliser Quality For Farmers

All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Value 360 Ventures, an international Agribusiness organisation on improving the quality of farmers fertiliser for improved food security.

The president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Dr Farouk Rabiu-Mudi, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during the signing of the MoU.

Rabiu-Mudi said the partnership was in furtherance of the organisation’s plans to ease farming systems and improve the lives of farmers across the country especially those in the grassroots.

‘We are very happy to partner with Value360 today, as you heard from the head of the Value360, we like this partnership and that is the kind of partnership we always pursue ,partnerships that can bring positive changes to Nigeria’s agriculture.

What they are bringing to us is organic fertiliser, we want to always convert from inorganic to organic fertilizer, which brings back the texture and the quality of our soil.

“This wiĺl also reduce the cost of production of whatever we are producing by improving and increasing our produce, making our produce more acceptable worldwide.

“Reducing the carbon dioxide gotten from synthetic will directly generate carbon credits because this is what we are trying to do to reduce the use of the synthetic fertilizer.

“This move will enrich the farmers, develop their capacity and give the steering of agriculture to the farmers in their own hands.

We will give our best towards reaching our farmers at grass root level and also at the smallholder farmers level ,because the suffering is enough and God has given us all the potentials in Nigeria to produce organic food and to change the quality of what we eat even in Nigeria.

“So we are happy to have this partnership. and we thank the almighty allah for uh seeing us through this day.

Founder Force Value 360 Ventures, Dr. Ola Demidji Kazemi stated that the partnership and MoU will attract investments opportunities for the farmers by enhancing their productivity and providing them with relevant improved technology capable of enhancing farmers .

Today, we are very happy that we signed an MOU, with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN),we are bringing a very good project for the people of Nigeria.

“This partnership will enhance farmers productivity,improve the food systems through replacing their synthetic fertilizers with the use of organic fertilisers and equally bring technology, we are bringing organic farming, organic fertilizer to replace this ones which are currently in use.

“We want to enhance the visibility of farmers, we want to enhance the capacity building of farmers, especially the rural farmers.

“In terms of training of youth and women all over the local government areas of Nigeria, it is very important that we partner with organizations that we think is the best organization in Nigeria to drive this our course and to see results.

Nigeria is big, as big as the population is , food security and food sustenance is our main target, it is very, very important and nobody can do it for us,we have to help ourselves, we have to reach out.

“We have international organisations that are ready to partner with us to bring value, to add value to what we are trying to bring to the table, and that makes our MOU very strategic.” he added (NAN)