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The Anambra State Government has flagged off the 2023 farming season.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo performed the function at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka.
The event which has the theme “Biological Farming: Nature’s Sustainability Solution” witnessed agric fair, with display of farm produce such as cassava stems, bags of rice, cocoanut trees, palm trees, corns, vegetables, live stocks, plantain stems, tractors among others.
In his remark, the Agric commissioner, Dr Forster Ihejiofor pointed out that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration has succeeded in putting measures in place for sustainable agricultural practices in the State, with the three basic pillars of suitability to the people, ability to protect environment and economic opportunities they will provide.
The Transition Committee Chairman for Anambra East, Dr Anselm Onuorah explained that with the increased overall interest of government in farming there is hope that in no distant time, the vision of the state will materialize in food sufficiency.
While thanking the Governor for his drive in agriculture, the state coordinator, Anambra state IFAD/VCDP, Mr. Nnamdi Agwuncha noted that the agency’s target is to expand their production and revealed that they have organised sensitization Programme on flood mitigation measures and harvest, assuring them that the IFAD/VCDP will continue to create a friendly avenue for farmers to excel.
The President, Anambra state Association Of Town Unions, Barrister Titus Akpudo and a modern bee keeper, Ugochukwu Okeke expressed happiness with the engagement of the state government and asked the state citizenry to invest and patronise state products and healthy living.
