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Attributes feat to sound agricultural policies, purposeful
leadership
The Kogi State Government said on Friday that the state had maintained a clear lead in the production of Cashew in Nigeria, linking the feat to sound agricultural policies.
The
Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo,
who disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja, added that efforts were ongoing to
make Kogi the cashew hub of Africa.
He said,
“Today, Kogi State is the biggest producer of Cashew in Nigeria because of our
sound agricultural policies geared towards empowering farmers with improved
seedlings, mechanisation, agro chemicals as well as creating an enabling
environment for the private sector to invest in Cashew production.
“Kogi has
retained this position for many years and our ambition is to push Nigeria’s
production level above that of Ivory Coast, which is the leading Cashew
producer in the world.
“The administration
of Alh Yahaya Bello is scaling up the gear to improving the value chain in cashew production in the state. We can only
get value for money when we can add some value to our Cashew before selling to
the major buyers.”
Fanwo said
the State was also doing very well in the area of Cassava production, adding
that the emergence of some A-List Industries in the area of Cassava processing
had enhanced the production and fortunes of the farmers.
He said the
issue of herder-farmer clashes in the state had drastically reduced as a result
of the “collaborative security architecture that has evolved strategies to
ensure peace and security”.
“Governor
Yahaya Bello has and is still paying a great attention to agriculture as a
result of the edaphic advantages of the state to use that sector to address
poverty and hunger,” he noted.
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