Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba has said that the state government had distributed five million improved cassava stems to farmers to boost agricultural production in the state.
Ishaku said this in Jalingo on Thursday at the inauguration of Taraba Green House by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
He said that the government also procured and distributed assorted farm machinery and implement to farmers to upgrade their processing capabilities.
The governor said farmers in the state were expecting a bumper harvest in this cropping season following government’s massive provision of various farm inputs.
Ishaku stressed that the state had the potential to provide the entire country’s demand for rice with appropriate investment.
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“Rice is produced twice yearly especially during the dry season.
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