The
Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Afam Mbanefo, said on
Monday that the state has reached self-sufficiency in rice production.
Bags of rice
Speaking at a Commodity Alliance Forum/Consultative meeting
organised by the Anambra State Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP)
in Awka, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Afam Mbanefo, said on
Monday that the state has reached self-sufficiency in rice production.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the commissioner
recalled that the state government had earlier targeted production of
210,000 metric tonnes of rice per annum.
“Based on the calculation of our expected yield, we are
expecting to realize over 236,000 metric tonnes of rice in 2016 based on
the production capacity.”
He said the calculation was based on expected yield of 35% of over
14,300 farmers and the activities of programmes like the VCDP and
FADAMA, adding that the expected yield also included the activities of
rice investors in the state, including Coscharis farms, Joseph Agro and
others.
The commissioner who disclosed that the state government was
passionate about revolutionizing agriculture and making it wealth
creator, especially for unemployed youth willing to venture into the
sector, added that the state government ensured a linkage between
farmers and off-takers, and advised farmers yet to form cooperatives to
do so.
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