The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, says it will engage 1.9million youths and 997,500 women through its Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, LIFE, programme.
This was disclosed in excerpts of a Book entitled: ‘‘Making steady, sustainable progress for Nigeria’s peace and prosperity: a mid-term scorecard on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’’, authored by the Presidential Media Team, and to be presented to the public on November 16 in Abuja.
LIFE is a programme aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youths, women and other vulnerable groups across the country.
It stated that the programme design commenced in the past one year.
It is geared to promote community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation among unemployed youths and women in rural and suburban households.
The report said the key challenge leading to the late take-off of the programme was related to the cumbersome procurement procedures. It stated that the Anchor Borrowers Programme, driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in collaboration with FMARD, had provided substantial money for dry season farming in 2015, wet season rice and wheat farming in 2016.
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