Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The Kwara State Government says 235,567 farmers and other beneficiaries have received support under the FADAMA CARES programme after launching another round of agricultural input and equipment distribution.

The government said the latest phase would support 49,337 beneficiaries by distributing agricultural inputs, productive assets, and processing equipment.

Mashood Agboola, the deputy chief press secretary to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday.

The statement said the initiative is being implemented under FADAMA CARES 2.0, the agricultural component of the World Bank-supported Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme.

The governm...