The Governor who made the disclosure during a 3-day agribusiness workshop at the Randekhi Hotel in Benin City with the theme: “Harnessing resources and opportunities to optimize agribusiness in Edo State” expressed that his administration would be initiating strategies that could enhance agricultural development, create jobs and guarantee food security.
“While we must continue to encourage small farm holdings to improve and obtain modern technology, we must address the policy of mechanization, characterization using technology’’, he explained.
He also informed that the state government had promised to work with the federal government to revitalize arable lands for optimum use.
Meanwhile, the Chairman, Wells Sam Calos Farm, Hosa Okunbor, has commended the initiative of the state government on agricultural development and food security.
He however urged all the stakeholders to work with the state government towards achieving the agricultural development plan.
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