The Kwara Government has set aside 4,000 hectares of land for setting up of farm settlements across seven local government in the state.<\/p>\n
The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Bode Olayemi, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the land was being surveyed by the government.<\/p>\n
He said areas already surveyed are: 278.66 hectares at Ogundele\/Atete in Ilorin-West, 535.75 hectares at Ilorin-South and 934.71 hectares at Bayero\/Igbaja.<\/p>\n
The others included: 530 hectares at Isanlu-Isin; 410 hectares at Offa\/Ira and 420 hectares at Erin-Ile.<\/p>\n
Olayemi told NAN that government would arrange the farmers into clusters, cooperatives, units and groups, to encourage them to go into commercial farming.<\/p>\n
The commissioner explained that government would go into the mass production of farm products like maize, rice, cassava and soya-beans.<\/p>\n
He noted that the State Government had signed a memorandum of understanding with some local and foreign investors to set up agro-allied industries to utilise these products.<\/p>\n
Also speaking with NAN the President, Agricultural and Mining Association of Nigeria (AMAN), Alhaji Bolaji Atunse, the association would support the State Government\u2019s commercial farming programme.<\/p>\n
He explained that farm settlement proposed by the government consist 10 units of farm to be managed by 10 farmers.<\/p>\n
“We have over 600 registered farmers across the state willing to participate in the programme.<\/p>\n
“We are appealing to the government to do everything possible to assist and encourage farmers in line with government polices to improve agricultural activities in the state,\u2019\u2019 he said. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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