Nigeria, March 29 -- The Nigerian government has announced a support package worth N1.6 billion for ginger farmers in three states and Abuja.

The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), Mohammed Ibrahim, disclosed this at the launch of the Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Taskforce support Initiative in Kaduna on Wednesday.

The support falls under the GRATE package, which stands for Ginger Recovery Advancement and Transformation for Economic Empowerment.

Mr Ibrahim said 15,000 ginger farmers from Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, and the FCT were affected by the recent ginger blight epidemic in the country, which coincided with a period of significant growth in ginger exports.

He said the National Bureau for S...