Anambra State government has commenced free distribution of high breed farm inputs to registered farmers across the state.
The farm inputs include high yield TME 4-19 cassava stems, high breed tomatoes, okra and maize seedlings, all distributed through the Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture.
It was also gathered that already, farmers in the twenty-one local government areas of the state have started receiving theirs, with expectation that during harvest, they would have made huge impact in boosting food sufficiency; a cardinal agricultural roadmap of the present administration.
Addressing the rural farmers, the Team Leader for Njikoka and Dunukofia Local Government Areas and Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Mr. Obioma Mbanefo, said that the initiative was to help farmers in all the communities in the state achieve a certain harvest output.
Mr Mbanefo commended Governor Obiano for using the scheme to boost rural farming, a secondary approach to food security, adding that the inputs would be shared evenly among all identified farmers.
In their separate remarks, the Transition Committee Chairman, Dunukofia Local Government Area, Mr. Emeka Chinweze and the Head of Local Government Administration, Njikoka Local Government Area, Mr. Thomas Anumudu, commended the initiative, pointing out that the annual practice has had immense return.
The Director, “Ugbo azụ ụnọ” Department in the State Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs. Juliana Edochie, who educated the farmers on the various techniques in farming at home, urged them to use the inputs to achieve expected results.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke at the event affirmed that the inputs would help them through the farming season, as well as enhance productivity..
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