Agriculture
Delta Moves For Improved Cassava Production
The Delta State government has issued Certificates of Occupancy (Cof Of O) for two localtions to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for the cultivation of cassava on a large scale in the state.
Receiving the documents recently from the Delta State government in Asaba, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said Delta State was the only state to have provided land for the crop with additional land for commercial purposes.
Dr. Akinwumi further announced that 18 large-scale cassava processing plants each with 72,000 metric tonnes processing capacity were to be established in parts of the country under the programmed to ensure an in road in the global cassava market.
The minister thanked the governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan for his efforts in agric development of the State, noting that the allocation of land by the state for cassava projects was to lay foundation for the emergence of the state as the cassava basket of the country.