The Anambra State Government has said it is targeting the industrialisation of agriculture to enable farmers in the state earn foreign exchange from their produce through commercial-scale farming and export-driven processing.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ben Odoemena, disclosed this on Wednesday during the inauguration of Ideal Agro Allied Produce Limited, a tuber crop processing company located in Akwaeze, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state.
The company, founded by industrialist and businessman, Ikenna Okafor, is expected to process yams, cassava, potatoes and other tuber crops for export.
Speaking at the event, Odoemena said the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo would support industrial-scale farming rather than subsistence agriculture.
He said, “We will encourage farmers to farm in commercial scale, and this would not only guarantee food sufficiency, but also earn farmers foreign exchange. With the establishment of tuber crop processing plant, there would be no fear of unsold farm produce rotting away, but would rather be processed and exported.
