Anambra Govt Distributes Free Improved Farm Inputs To Farmers In Nnewi Council Area
Over three hundred thousand naira worth of improved vitamin “C” cassava stems have be disbursed to farmers in Nnewi South Council Area at no cost. Also provided for farmers in the council area are bags of MPK fertilizers at a very subsidized rate. The farmers in Nnewi South Council Area, who gathered at the council headquarters in Ukpor,were thrown into jubilation as a lorry loaded with improved vitamin “C” cassava stems and subsidized MPK fertilizer arrived the council. Addressing the farmers , the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mechanization, Processing and Export, Mr. Afam Mbanefo, said the gesture is in fulfillment of Governor Willie Obiano’s promise of assisting farmers with improved farm inputs aimed at fighting hunger and poverty in line with the Sustainable Development Goals Initiative. Commissioner Mbanefo, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Comrade Leo Imoka, instructed the farmers to plant the stems within seven days for optimum yield. The Agricultur...