To support cassava bread and high quality cassava flour development initiative, the Delta State Government has donated 60,000 hectares of land in Abraka for a mechanised cassava farm.
Greyne Anosike, Director (Press and Public Relations), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
The statement said the gesture was also part of the state government’s support to Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda.
The statement said Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, who announced the donation, commended the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, for taking agricultural practice to a higher level.
It said the Delta Government was determined to exploit the potential of the agriculture sector as part of its medium and long-term strategies, to curtail unemployment in the state.
The statement said that the state government also provided a 20-hectare farm land for flour factory in Abraka.
It said that Adesina commended the Delta State Government for the gesture and called on other state governments to partner with the ministry to realise the ongoing transformation of the agriculture sector.
The statement quoted the minister as saying that partnerships in agribusiness would create growth and development and called for a synergy between state governments and the ministry the sector’s potential in job creation and economic empowerment.
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