The Federal Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development has prepared 100 hectares of land for farming
in Oria and Emu communities in Esan South East Local Government Area
of the state.
Mr Wellington Omoragbon, the Federal
Director of Agriculture in Edo, disclosed this to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Sunday.
Omoragbon said that the measure was to
reduce the hardship faced by farmers in the area and to boost
agriculture.
He said the ministry prepared 50
hectares of land as well as began the construction of a warehouse in
each of the sites.
”The land preparation is to enable
farmers in the communities to plant arable crops such as cassava,
maize and oil palm among others,” he said.
According to him, about 150 fish
farmers have been selected to benefit from the 2016 Growth
Enhancement Support Scheme (GES) programme in the state.
He explained that the fish farmers
would be given subsidised inputs to enhance their production.
Omoragbon also said that the modern
fish market being constructed by the ministry at Illushi community in
the same local government area was about 37 per cent completed.
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