Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The Benue State Government has launched a pilot programme to empower 10 farm clusters across the state with tractors, improved seeds, inputs, and access to markets.

The initiative, inaugurated on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Bureau for Agricultural Development and Mechanisation in Makurdi, is part of the state's plan to revive its status as Nigeria's food basket.

"The scheme is designed to provide farmers with tools, knowledge, and structured opportunities that will make agriculture profitable again," the governor's spokesperson, Tersoo Kula, said in a statement.

Governor Hyacinth Alia, represented at the ceremony by his deputy, Sam Ode, described the scheme as a gateway to prosperity. He said the direct in...