Bank of Agriculture Launches Farm Input Distribution for 15,000 Taraba Smallholder Farmers
The Bank of Agriculture, working through its partner Japtini Food and Retail Company Limited, formally launched the 2026 farming season input distribution in Taraba State on Tuesday, bringing agricultural support directly to smallholder farmers in Jalingo under the Federal Government's Renewed Hope Smallholder Support and Value Chain Programme. The flag-off ceremony was attended by the Emir of Jalingo, state officials, and representatives of the Bank of Agriculture, with the Bank's Managing Director Ayo Sotinrin speaking through the North-East Zonal Head of Finance, Hajiya Hauwa Sule Garba. The programme is not a grant. It is a structured agricultural loan delivered through Farmers Aggregation Companies, with inputs rather than cash going directly to farmers. Those inputs include fertilizers, agrochemicals, and improved high-yield seedlings, the kind of package that can meaningfully shift a smallholder's output if it is used correctly and on time. In Taraba State specifical...
