Section 6: Functions of the Board.

Without prejudice to the provisions of section 3 of this Act, the Board, shall subject to the overriding guiding rule that land is owned by the community and is being developed by members of the community on its behalf-(a) acquire suitable tracts of land in various parts of Nigeria for purposes of development;
(b) develop and parcel out any land into economic-size farm plots and assign such plots to selected farmers to own and manage for their own benefit;
(c) acquire and consolidate scattered, fragmented farm holdings and re-parcel the consolidated units into economic-size holdings for re-distribution to their owners and such other persons within the locality who can conveniently benefit from the scheme;
(d) supervise, monitor and assist in the overall operation and management of the scheme and assist in the organisation of the farmer-participants in projects specified under the scheme;
(e) provide general extension support services and technical information on soil types, land, capability or suitability for various agricultural purposes including livestock and arable farming;
(f) assist, engage in and advise the participants in the scheme on all aspects of land conservation and land degradation control at the project sites in particular and, in appropriate circumstances, outside the project sites;
(g) assist the participants in the scheme on the method of acquisition or procurement of production inputs and in the development or provision of appropriate technology for processing, where feasible, of farm produce and in the marketing and disposal of the processed farm produce;
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engage in or assist with on-farm and off-farm training of farmer-participants and project management personnel;
(i) designate and delineate protected areas (for biodiversity or their fragility);
(j) allocate land for large scale farming in a manner which allows peasant farmers to have continued access to land sufficient for their needs in the face of rapid population growth;
(k) assist large scale farmers, where possible in the development of their lands; provided such services are on a commercial basis;
(l) develop a code of sound land management procedures for all land resources development proposals in order to ensure that they conform with national needs and policy of minimising land degration and enhancing land and other resource conservation;
(m) assist in the provision of social infrastructural facilities for the emergent growth-centres at or around the project sites; and
(n) engage in any other up-stream or down-stream activity which, in the opinion of the Board are incidental to or necessary for the attainment of the objectives of the Authority,