This Law amends the Delta State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority Law of 2006. Amendments include: insertion of new definitions concerning fisher folk; methods for appointing the chairman of the Authority; appointment of the Project manager; deleting some sections; changing the powers of the Authority concerning the rural roads construction and maintenance; specification of functions of the Authority: facilitating the access of farmers to seeds cuttings, seedlings, fingerings, fertiliser, pest disease-and-weed control chemicals and other inputs and services necessary for the profitable and effective production and management of crops, fish and rearing of livestock; educating farmers on the availability, suitability and use of modern and more efficient farming processing and storage methods; performing any other programme implementation functions in the agricultural development of the State; disseminating improved farming and farm management methods and practices to farmers and fisher folk in the State.
Nigeria · 2016-11-30