THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS COMMENCED THE SHARING OF HIGH YIELDING AND DISEASE RESISTANT CASSAVA INCLUDING VITAMIN A CASSAVA STEMS TO THE BENEFICIARIES OF DECEMBER 2016 VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.

This was revealed by the Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Ondo State, Dr. Samson Odedina, during the kick-off of the distribution of the Cassava materials, at the college ground in Akure on Tuesday.

Odedina disclosed that over 90, 000 bundles each consisting of 50 cassava stems would be shared to beneficiaries, adding that FECA would handle the distribution of the high yielding stems to beneficiaries in four other states including Edo, Ebonyi, Delta and Kaduna.

He noted that the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), supplied the fund used in the training of farmers and that the distribution and training was done in collaboration with an international donor organisation involved in the development and delivery of Vitamin A cassava and maize globally.

“The Cassava Variety can yield up to 40 to 50 tonnes per hectare depending on good recommended agricultural practices” he added.

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Good development

They should provide it for people to buy.

Free things does not help anyone on the long run.