Zulum, who traveled with the representative of Borno North Senatorial District and an indigene of Damasak, Senator Abubakar Kyari, distributed water pumps as key components of irrigation, fertilizer, seeds, chemicals and N5,000 cash to each of the 1,200 farmers, all of whom will be cultivating rice and onions among other food crops.
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Some onions sellers in Enugu metropolis say the early harvest season is responsible for the fall in the price of the commodity.
The National Association of Onions Farmers in Kebbi State says it has lost over N1 billion worth of onions to two strange diseases affecting farms and storage facilities in the state.
The report indicates that apart from the increase in price of onion, costs of other foodstuffs like Garri, red oil, rice, yam and others have also gone up.