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Nigeria's Agricultural Renaissance Begins: President Tinubu Launches Nationwide Mechanisation Programme

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President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated a nationwide mechanisation programme aimed at transforming Nigeria's agriculture sector and ensuring national food security. The President declared that Nigeria's agricultural renaissance has begun as he commissioned 2,000 tractors for nationwide deployment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme. The programme is expected to cultivate over 550,000 hectares of farmland, produce more than 2 million metric tons of staple food, create over 16,000 jobs, and directly benefit over 550,000 farming households.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme is a nationwide initiative aimed at modernising farming practices and ensuring national food security.
  • The programme has been launched to cultivate over 550,000 hectares of farmland, produce more than 2 million metric tons of staple food, create over 16,000 jobs, and directly benefit over 550,000 farming households.
  • 2,000 tractors have been procured from Belarus, a strategic partner in the agricultural mechanisation drive, and will be distributed nationwide through a service-provider model to support smallholder farmers.
  • The programme has been launched to empower Nigerian youth through new roles in equipment handling, maintenance, logistics, extension services, and agri-tech innovation.
  • The initiative will also provide mandatory operator training, GPS-enabled tracking for accountability, a structured repayment model, and pro bono equipment allocations to research and training institutions.
  • The President has urged Nigerians to take ownership of the agricultural transformation drive and contribute actively to achieving food sovereignty.

Statistics:

  • 2,000 tractors have been commissioned for nationwide deployment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme.
  • The programme is expected to cultivate over 550,000 hectares of farmland.
  • The programme is expected to produce more than 2 million metric tons of staple food annually.
  • The programme is expected to create over 16,000 new jobs in the agricultural sector.
  • The programme is expected to directly benefit over 550,000 farming households.

Sources:

  • Vanguard (2023)
  • Premium Times (2023)
  • Independent Newspaper (2023)
  • President Bola Tinubu's speech at the commissioning ceremony of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme (2023)
  • Abubakar Kyari's speech at the commissioning ceremony of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme (2023)
  • Viktor Karenkevich, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, at the commissioning ceremony of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme (2023)

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