Nigeria: 2010 Budget - Farmers Reject N148 Billion Agric Allocation

5 December 2009

Kaduna — Stakeholders in the Agricultural sector, comprising small farm holders and agricultural organisations across Nigeria rose from a three-day meeting where they reviewed the 2010 budget and rejected the allocation of N148, 715,672,952 to the agriculture sector as too paltry.

The farmers, under the aegies of "Voices for Food Security" said the amount is far short of the target of 10 per cent recommended by the Maputo Declaration of 2003, to which Nigeria is a signatory.

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