Farmers ready for agro-industrialisation in Benue
Governor Ortom of Benue State and his officials till the land during this year’s cropping season flag off in Markurdi recently
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Sun Jul 25 2021
Farmers in Benue State, who are engaging in multiple cropping, believe that agro-industrialisation is possible in the state, usually codenamed the “Food Basket of the Nation.”
Some of them, in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi, said that massive cultivation of crops, for which the state possesses natural endowment to thrive, could spin the needed agricultural revolution for development.
A big farmer, Thomas Unongo, said the state had both the comparative and competitive advantages because of its rich soil and other climatic factors to lead the agricultural growth.