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The Ebonyi Government says it anticipates bumper harvest of 350 metric tons of rice in the 2016 farming season.
Governor David Umahi expressed the hope at the inaugural National Agricultural Summit organised by the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of the State on Thursday.
The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Uchenna Orji, said government invested massively in rice production in 2016.
“We were determined to revolutionalise rice production in the state due to our comparative advantage over other states and make it reclaim its position of highest rice producer in West Africa.
“We currently have the biggest rice mill cluster in the sub region with over 20 metric-tons capacity of rice processing facilities.
“The rice we cultivate internally is insufficient for processing in our mills and we seek rice paddy from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, among others, to meet internal and external needs”, he said.
The commissioner remarked that the government recently procured three metric tons rice milling equipment from China to boost rice production.
Governor David Umahi expressed the hope at the inaugural National Agricultural Summit organised by the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of the State on Thursday.
The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Uchenna Orji, said government invested massively in rice production in 2016.
“We were determined to revolutionalise rice production in the state due to our comparative advantage over other states and make it reclaim its position of highest rice producer in West Africa.
“We currently have the biggest rice mill cluster in the sub region with over 20 metric-tons capacity of rice processing facilities.
“The rice we cultivate internally is insufficient for processing in our mills and we seek rice paddy from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, among others, to meet internal and external needs”, he said.
The commissioner remarked that the government recently procured three metric tons rice milling equipment from China to boost rice production.
