DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) visited farmers in Niger who benefitted from its support last year.
A delegation from the Nigerian government and a representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) took part in the visits that covered farms in seven villages.
Niger places great importance on irrigated agriculture support for small farmers, helping lift them out of poverty and achieve food security for the country which suffers from constant food crises.
In light of this priority, the government established an initiative ‘Nigerian feed Nigerians’ overseen by a ministerial department, which seeks to utilise government resources and coordinate with stakeholders and partners to support agriculture, uniting efforts towards small farmers’ interests.
The minister in charge of the initiative, Amadou Gallo, said over the past month he had organised visits to some villages of Tillabery, which included a delegation from the ministry, Amadou Ouattara, a representative of UNFAO in Niger, the director of QC Office, local officials and heads of villages.
“I can only express pleasure at what I have seen of the good effect of the aid provided by the government and its development partners on the lives of people in the villages,” said Gallo.
Ouattara, said, “The organisation’s mission is to support the government to achieve food security and I confirm that what we offer is beneficial but we need to do more.”
The QC Office director said he was happy to witness integration between partners and government departments to coordinate interventions to alleviating the suffering of the people.
QC has established health units at a cost of QR1.073m, benefitting over 15,000 people from the most impoverished and marginalised areas, including Lazzari, Moradi, Faska, Lona, Kanya, Namari, Achigin and Kiada which suffered due to the lack of health services
It also established 18 clinics benefitting over 13,800 people.
The Peninsula
