The minister handed down the warning at the flag-off and distribution of agricultural inputs during the Special Intervention Programme for Small-holder farmers in Kaduna on Monday.
Among the agricultural inputs distributed were: knapsack sprayer – 450; maize thresher – 30; sesame cleaning machine – 8; mechanical cashew picker – 80, among others,
According to the minister, the distribution was part of efforts of the ministry to intervene in the sufferings of the smallholders as result of insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic.