The Federal Government says it is targeting about five million jobs for farmers through the €995m agricultural mechanisation programme.
The initiative was aimed at boosting food security for the country.
Under the initiative, it added that facilities comprising tractors and other agricultural machineries were expected to be leased out to Nigerian farmers.
It stated that this was coming under the in-kind facility for agricultural mechanisation.
The in-kind facility, it added, was designed to help Nigeria attain food security, create jobs and diversify the economy from oil.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Dr Andrew Kwasari, was quoted in a statement obtained on Sunday as saying the agricultural machines would come from Brazil.
He said when the programme took off fully, it would create at least five million jobs and 35 million nutritional effects and economic impact on Nigerians.
The initiative was aimed at boosting food security for the country.
Under the initiative, it added that facilities comprising tractors and other agricultural machineries were expected to be leased out to Nigerian farmers.
It stated that this was coming under the in-kind facility for agricultural mechanisation.
The in-kind facility, it added, was designed to help Nigeria attain food security, create jobs and diversify the economy from oil.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Dr Andrew Kwasari, was quoted in a statement obtained on Sunday as saying the agricultural machines would come from Brazil.
He said when the programme took off fully, it would create at least five million jobs and 35 million nutritional effects and economic impact on Nigerians.
