WRITTEN BY EBELE EZEH
Anambra State has now become a bench mark in rice production across the country.
The template was achieved at Omor, Ayamelum Council Area where seven point four tonnes of rice was harvested from a heacter of rice farm as against four or five tonnes.
As the 2017 farming season kicks off in the state, the State Co-ordination Office of the Value Chain Development Programme IFAD Assisted has embarked on aggressive training of heir farmers in the five participating local government areas.
The training tagged step-down training on pre-season for 2017 farming season centered on nurturing the rice and cassava farmers on the best agronomic practices to achieve the expected result.
Supervising the training at Akanator Hero’s Hall Omor, the Agric Production Officer, Value Chain Development Programme, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwukwelu, revealed that with total compliance to the best agronomic practice, in rice farming, there will be remarkable increase in harvest .
Mr. Chukwukwelu who urged them to give the desired care and attention to their farms to achieve this year’s target of ten tones per hectares, harped on the importance of bonding in rice farm which according to him, stabilizes fertilizer, chemicals and water adding that it will be the yard stick for this year’s participation.
Speaking, the Chairman, Apex Farmers Association, Ayamelum Value Chain Development Programme, Mr. Peter Emeka, assured that with total compliance to the best agronomic practices in rice farming they can comfortably record seven point five tones per heacter.
On her part, the Chairperson, Ofuobi Women Co-operative Society Rice Farmers Omor, Monica Tagbo, appealed for early supply of fertilizer, chemicals and other farm inputs since rice according to her, needs quick maintenance while assuring the sustainability of the programme.
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