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Justice Development and Peace Caritas, (JDPC), Onitsha, Anambra State has procured and distributed farm input worth millions of naira to farmers in 12 out of the 16 communities of Ogbaru Local Government Area, to ameliorate the impact of perennial flood disasters on them.
The distribution, which was made under the Flood Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Project in Nigeria, implemented by JDPC and funded by Catholic Relief Services, saw 50 persons from each of the benefitting communities smiling home with cassava stems and yam tubers in readiness for planting season in the new year.
The benefitting communities are Odekpe, Ohita, Atani, Ogbakuba, Ochuche, Mkputu, Ogwuikpele, Umunankwo, Ossomala, Akiliogidi, Akiliozizor, and Obeagwe, all badly affected by previous episodes of flooding.
The Executive Director of JDPC Onitsha, Reverend Father Edwin Udoye, during the distribution of the items, explained that potato stems will also be procured for distribution at the onset of rainy season.
