The Enugu State Government has started the distribution of 30,000 cashew seedlings to farmers so as to enhance cashew production in the state and boost its internally generated revenue.

Dr Nelson Onugwu, the Director of Animal Production, Enugu State Ministry of Agriculture, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu.

He said that the seedlings being distributed were special improved species of cashew which would take fewer years to mature.

Onugwu said that the distribution of the seedlings was aimed at encouraging people to go into cashew farming to boost local cashew consumption and exports.

“We are encouraging people to come for the seedlings and go into cashew farming to enable the state to produce enough cashew for local uses and export the crop to countries that are in need of it,” he said.

Onugwu said that the state government had subsidised the price of the cashew seedlings, adding that consequently, the price a seedling was now N50, instead of its normal price of N200.

The director said that the state ministry of agriculture had also informed council chairmen in the state to come over to the ministry and procure the cashew seedlings for distribution to farmers in the council areas.

Besides, Onugwu said that state government had established cashew aggregation and processing centres across the state to facilitate cashew processing and packaging.

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Ok

Great initiative.. Agriculture is a very pivotal tool for a solid economy.

God bless Biafra..

nice

Hope the distribution is to the real farmers? Because we know the stories of fertilizer distribution ...

Very stupid man

fair Enough

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good development

Nice one from him.

Its good but its better if they begin by rehabilitation of the Premier cashew industry located at Oghe , Ezeagu Local government area of the state. The industry which has over 6000 hectares of cashew plantation was established by Michael okpala' s administration of the old eastern region government. Over the years , it has been abandoned and economic its economic impact had been wasted.

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Good development!

This are the kind of news we should be seeing

Lol, how many seeds per "farmer"?

A vr nice development... Let work for the future for the benefit of our upcoming generation..

From my state, I am from Central but those guys from Eastern side we know how this cashew farm of a tin help them when we were in school.. They make cool cash from the sale of the cashew seeds, actually is the labour of their great grandfather they are feeding on.

Kudo to the said Governor.

They should as well give them arable lands to cultivate the cashew. Nonsense initiative.

Is aregbesola observing?

What a joke!

Hope these are not GMO seeds.....??

If true then I believe in the governor

REDDEVILS1:
Very stupid man

why

Cashew is another leading global business today but Enugu Government should not be proud of reducing its seedlings from N200 to N50. They should go further by providing farmers with land for the planting and irrigation.

Chai. I've never seen an Enugu Governor so clueless.

good moves at d wrong time n where is d rain t support the plant whiloe on field. the planting season is almost over n u are giving out a cashew seedling

EverestdeBliu:
Lol, how many seeds per "farmer"?

Not seeds but seedlings. I.e it is at the nursery stage.

fecundility:
good moves at d wrong time n where is d rain t support the plant whiloe on field. the planting season is almost over n u are giving out a cashew seedling

U r ryt my brother, by mid Nov frequent rain will stop. It's not a good timing at all. Or r they for irrigation

MoodysMood:
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It's unfortunate that you are so used to sad news.

Everytime I read this kind of news it gladdens my heart

MIKOLOWISKA:
why

Achieved nothing in his first. Couldn't even maintain the infrastructures his predecessor left behind