Osun State Government, on Tuesday, distributed 100,000 cocoa seedlings to about 1,000 farmers in the state.
The state government also distributed agro-chemicals, hand-spraying tools, limes, and other inputs to farmers across the local government areas of the state.The government also inaugurated Osun Broilers Out-growers Production Scheme III to enhance the capacity of livestock production and turn around the fortune of the scheme to be more profitable and attractive to farmers.
The beneficiaries lauded the administration for continuously prioritising agriculture to retain its position as the mainstay of the state’s economy.Speaking on the occasion, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said the government efforts were aimed at actualising its set objectives to reposition agriculture and make Osun the food basket of the nation and the Southwest in particular.
He said the government was committed to turning Osun into the food hub of the Southwest, as policies had been tailored towards ensuring adequate availability of fertile land, good roads, relatively good rainfall pattern, and above all, to ensure peaceful coexistence between the herdsmen and the farmers.
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