"Nigerian partnership with Chinese company to quadruple ag production"
The Special Adviser to Gov. Samuel Ortom on Media and ICT, Mr Tahav Agerzua, said this in a statement on Friday in Makurdi.
He quoted Ortom as having reported the readiness of the state government to partner with the company in China, after he visited a demonstration farm in China.
The governor’s aide said the company had developed improved seedlings that could quadruple crop production, especially melon, rice and other legumes.
Agerzua was among the governor’s entourage to China to inspect machinery for a cement company in the state. He said the governor was excited over the prospects of boosting farmers’ crop production in the state with improved seedlings.
He further quoted Zhenqui as saying that improved hybrid seedlings would tackle the low production of crops like rice, melon, corn, pepper, tomato, soybeans, and beniseed.
Agerzua said the governor had requested a detailed proposal from the company on how to achieve the partnership.
He said governor expressed optimism that the partnership would impact positively on the “entire agricultural value chain’’ in the state, particularly provision of improved quality rice seedlings.
Source: www.pmnewsnigeria.com