
300,000 Nigerian youths to be engaged in Moringa farming.
The Moringa Farmers and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MFAN), says it plans to engage over 300,000 youths in moringa farming as part of its efforts to tackle unemployment in the country as Voice of Nigeria reports.
MFAN President, Michael Ashimashiga who made this known in Abuja,
said that modalities have been set for engaging 500 youths per each of
the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country, to cultivate and
sell moringa plant in view of its high demand, both locally and
internationally.
Ashimashiga noted that the project would be launched on a 10, 000 hectares of land in Nasarawa state, in a couple of few weeks.
According to him, each of the beneficiaries will be given a plot of land and moringa seeds at no cost, to cultivate.
He noted that after the l...