NEPC distributes farming tools to Cotton farmers in Zamfara

Some of the problems influencing cotton production and other agricultural activity in Zamfara include insecurity and an erratic power supply.

As a result, the rate of poverty among residents of farming communities has increased.

Reviving cotton production will boost exports, strengthen and stimulate the economy of the country, create jobs, and allow for the reopening of cotton-related businesses.

Experts concur that this should be done, but doing so will be difficult.

Zamfara is regarded as one of the states with the greatest concentration of cotton producers, gins, textile factories, and cotton-growing soil.

Because of this, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, or NEPC, has chosen it to oversee the National Council for Commerce’s implementation of its one state, one product initiative.

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The project aims to overcome the lack of exportable cotton goods.

The NEPC urges cotton growers in the state to upgrade their goods to meet international standards.

Cotton farmers from eight local government Councils in Zamfara State received farming implements from Council State Coordinator Yusuf Ahmed.

Insecurity and poor public power supply are identified as major set backs to cotton farming

Beneficiaries of the export Development Intervention in cotton farming cluster thanked the NEPC for the gesture and promise to use the items judiciously.

They want the federal government to revive textile industries across the country, boost cotton farming, production and export, thereby providing millions of job opportunities to Nigerians.