The
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has given cocoa farmers
50,000 early maturing hybrid seedlings to galvanize its production just as the
Government is determined to address all the challenges facing the crop.
Mallam
Abdulrasaq stated this while addressing stakeholders at the last month
concluded Annual General meeting of Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) held at
Kwara Agro Mall in Ilorin.
The
Government who spoke through the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi said
that the Governor is determined to address basic challenges associated with
inputs’ requirement of cocoa farmers towards making the state one of the
leading producers and at the same time achieving its sustainability at all the
value chains in the country.
According
to his Excellency ‘’ this administration has raised 50,000 hybrid cocoa
seedlings, which matured in 18 months and this is being promptly distributed to
our farmers at affordable prices. This is being done with a view to ensuring
prompt and effective rehabilitation and regeneration of the aged cocoa
plantation or farms in the state’’
He
stated further that ‘’in this fiscal year, we plan to resuscitate the training
and retraining of the cocoa farmers, good agricultural practices through the farmers’
field School and farmers’ Business School respectively. This is done with the
view to enhancing the quality of the cocoa beans being produced in the state. In
addition, we also intend to look into prospects of being able to possibly
address extant challenges associated with some of the critical input
requirements of cocoa farmers in the state’’
The
Governor then enjoined farmers to strictly adhere to the recommended chemicals
of the international standard with a view to avert the rejection of cocoa
products in the international markets.
Speaking
at the event, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs,
Adenike Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin commended the contributions of the
Association to the socio economic development of the State and promised Government’s
support and cooperation in ensuring growth and development of the Association.
In
his remark, the National Vice President of the Association, Mr. Simon I. Danga appreciated the
State Government for providing them enabling environment to operate in the
State and pledged the Association’s unalloyed support to the State
Government.
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