Anambra to begin rice export in 2018

Mr Jude Nwankwo, Acting Programme Manager, Agricultural Development Programme, Anambra State, has said the state government plans to commence export of rice in 2018.
 
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State
Nwankwo who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka, the Anambra State capital, at the weekend said rice export will begin after the 2017 harvest, adding that the state will produce more than 500,000 tonnes of rice in the 2017 harvest year based on projections from the field.

He said the figure would be 300, 000 higher than what was recorded in 2016.

“In 2016, we projected 180, 000 metric tonnes of rice, but we surpassed it by 20, 000. In 2017 our target is to produce 500, 000 metric tonnes of rice, but the information from the field indicates that the figure will even go higher again’’, he said.

He said the government is supporting more rice farmers to cultivate rice in Orumba North, Ayame­lum, Awka North, Anam­bra East and Anambra West Local Government Areas and other communities across the state.

“We distributed hybrid FERO 44 rice, maize, cassava and yam to farmers, in addition to huge support the state gave to vegetable farmers who already are exporting pumpkin and bitter leaf to markets in America and Europe.

Many communities in Anambra such as Owusi, Omasi, Omor, Ifite-Og­wari, Enugu-Abo, Ufuma and Umuekete-Aguleri, among other communi­ties have enormous potentials for commercial rice farming.

Nwankwo said a more cheering development in the state was that more youths especially graduates are now showing serious interest and passion in farming due to evident prospect in commercial agricultural ventures.

“In Anambra now, the involvement of youths in agriculture is affecting rural/urban migration. Hardly do I spend up to one hour in my office without receiving youths coming to ascertain how they can establish one agricultural venture or another.

“The state currently has more than 2, 000 registered Farmers Cooperative Societies and many jobs and wealth are being created in the sector in the state’’, he said.

The Anambra ADP boss noted that the state is practicing e-agriculture which enables information on agricultural activities to be easily generated and transmitted to the state agricultural data unit.


 (NAN)

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