The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) is establishing Integrated Farm Estates across Nigeria. So far, new/revived Farm Estates commissioned in Katsina, Yobe and Imo. Others ongoing—Ogun donated 100 hectares of land, Kwara 100ha, Kogi 700ha, Gombe 200ha, etc 
President Buhari has asked NALDA to establish these Integrated Farm Settlements in each of the 109 Senatorial Districts in the country.
NALDA is not a new Federal agency (estab. 1992) but it’s been dormant since around 2000, until last year when PMB revived it, appointed Prince Paul Ikonne as Executive Secretary & CEO (June 2020), & directed that it be domiciled in the Presidency for direct supervision by him.
“I have directed that all NALDA’s abandoned farm estates be retrieved to enable thousands of our young men and women to be engaged in farming.” — President Buhari.
As of mid-2021, NALDA says it’s recovered abandoned/moribund Farm Estates in no fewer than 21 States.
As of mid-2021, NALDA says it’s recovered abandoned/moribund Farm Estates in no fewer than 21 States.
An Integrated Farm Estate is designed to fit the particular context of its host community (i.e. cultivate crops and/or livestock peculiar to the community), & to directly benefit members of the host community ie The Farms will be staffed by people from host community & environs.
Ideally sited in rural communities, Integrated Farm Estates are being developed to achieve a number of objectives, including job creation (especially for youth and women), community development, and reduction of rural-urban migration.
Each Farm Estate will be provided with support facilities like residential housing, schools, human and veterinary clinics, access roads, clean water and so on.
The Katsina Farm Estate was commissioned by PMB on Monday July 19, 2021. It sits on 100 hectares of land (80ha for crops and 20ha for livestock), made available by Katsina State Govt, in Daura.
The Daura Farm Estate, designed to serve 13 communities, also has residential facilities (120 one-bedroom apartments for farmers).
On Saturday, September 25, 2021, SP @DrAhmadLawan commissioned an Integrated Farm Estate in Gasamu, Jakusko LGA of Yobe State. This Estate sits on 20 hectares of land, and has the capacity for 30,000 birds + an incubation center that will annually produce 250,000 Noilers.
On Friday March 11, Imo Governor @Hope_Uzodimma1 commissioned the revived Acharaugo Emekuku Integrated Farm Estate in Owerri North Local Government Area of the State, abandoned for many years.
https://twitter.com/hope_uzodimma1/status/1502531772675936256
So where does NALDA get the land for its Farm Estates from?
2 sources:
1. It has land belonging to it, allocated from its first incarnation in the 1990s, and which it is now recovering and redeveloping.
2. Voluntary donations from States and Communities
2 sources:
1. It has land belonging to it, allocated from its first incarnation in the 1990s, and which it is now recovering and redeveloping.
2. Voluntary donations from States and Communities
If you want a NALDA Integrated Farm Estate in your community or State, your State Governor/Government can make it happen. Many States are enthusiastic about it, and have donated land for the Estates, as well as partnering with NALDA.
For example: Agbeyangi community, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, voluntarily donated 100 hectares of land for the development of an Integrated Farm Estate. The Estate will engage more than 2,000 farmers in the community punchng.com/kwara-communit…
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