Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo.
Osun State government has pointed out that Agric business would be encouraged in the state as to pave ways for economic development of the State.
Speaking with THISDAY in Osogbo, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and food security, Mr Adedayo Adewole said the state sees Agric business as catalyst for economic development.
He stressed that since the government would encourage commercial agriculture, the state is already looking for more farmers to participate in commercial farming as to move away the state from Civil Service state.
He noted that more than 1,000 hectares of land had been set aside to accommodate cultivation of Onions, tomatoes, vegetables as well as poultry production.
Speaking on the state government’s plan to encourage local plant root to boost cassava, yam production, cocoa seedlings and Banana, he disclosed that the State had distributed over 3,000 cassava stems to farmers in all the 30 local government areas in the state including one area office at Modakeke in Ile-ife.
On anchor borrowers program initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) he posited that in the last three years of the present administration well over N1.2billion have been access by farmers to boost agricultural productivity.
Adewole emphasised that the State government would not relent in her efforts to make the state the food basket of the nation by embarking on massive project in the development of agriculture.
He equally remarked that apart from cassava stems distributed over 2,000 cocoa seedlings were given free to farmers across the 30 local government areas in an efforts to revamp and boost cocoa production.
