RSG Commences Registration Of Farmers

The Rivers State Sustainable  Development  Agency (RSSDA) in partnership with other Agro based Agencies, has commenced  the registration of farmers in the state.

The Head of Farm Development unit of the  RSSDA, Mr. Chioma  Lans who disclosed this during a stakeholders meeting at the Rivers State School to land Authority Rumuodumanya, Obio/Akpor local government area, that, the exercise would help the Government to properly position Agriculture in the state.

Mr. Lans  also said that the registration would assist the Agency to have first hand information  about the various Agricultural  activities in the state.

“We want to have  a data  bank for planning, a data bank you can reference for agricultural produce marketing and a data bank for agricultural production” he said.

The Executive Director  of the Rivers State School to Land Authority, Sir, Dan Gogo Ukoikpoko said that  although school to land has its list of registered farmers, the present  exercise would  create opportunity for the inclusion of farmers  who are yet to be registered in the state.

Sir, Ukoikpoko said that the arrangement  would enable the Agencies  to know the need of particular farmers at specific  times.

On  his part, the Director Extension services, Rivers State Agricultural Development programme  (ADP) Mr. Apapa D. Apapa said that registration of farmers has been a continuous exercise  in  ADP but noted that the present exercise  would enable RSSDA to verify  what  was already on ground.

In his speech, the state,  secretary of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (ALFAN) Chief Tamunoemi  Ibieneye said that ALFAN  welcomes the move by the RSSDA to register farmers in the state.