The Federal Government has
commenced the planting of 2,000 cashew seedlings to kick start the 2016 cashew
planting season and Cashew Expansion Programme in Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
The Federal Government commenced
the programme in line with its goal of reviving the agriculture sector and
creating jobs for the youths,
The Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, who flagged off the programme in Ogudu Village
in Ife, Osun State said the government is determined to build the future of
Nigeria by reviving cashew farming to make it earn more foreign exchange.
The Minister assured that the
government will roll out two million cashew seedlings annually to sustain the
programme.
Speakers at the event harped on
the need for all to return to the farm especially the youths to help revive the
sector as well as provide and create jobs for the unemployed.
Governor Rauf Aregbesola and
others spoke about the health and financial benefits derivable from planting
cashew should be the driving force to sustain the programme.
Mr Ogbeh re-affirmed the
readiness of the Buhari – led administration to improve the lives of Nigerians
through agriculture.
He assured that a cocoa and
banana plantation programme will also be unveiled very soon .
The Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Ogunwusi, while speaking blamed the nation’s ailing economy on the
total abandonment of agriculture, stressing that agriculture remains the
largest employer of labour in the world.
The cashew plant is expected to
begin to yield it’s fruits three years from now.
The event was graced by several
traditional rulers, officials of the Bank of Industry and the Bank of
Agriculture and a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development.
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