has declared the intention of his administration to
boost rice production in the state as a way of
enhancing food production, hence reducing
malnutrition in the country. Ishaku propped
further that an enabling environment and support
will be given to farmers as a way to boost rice
production in Taraba State.The Governor said the
State was assured to embark on an aggressive
cultivation of Rice as part of its efforts to boost its
economy.

With the Current ban
on the importation of foreign rice into Nigeria,
there is need to educate Rice farmers in the state
on how to produce and process Rice in order
improve their production.
The Taraba State Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr.
Ishaya David Kassa, stated these during a
sensitization meeting, organized by the state office
of the Value Chain Development Program (VCDP)
for Jalingo farmers, which took place at the Howai
Secondary School Mile 6 Jalingo, and he said it is
vital for Rice farmers in the state to acquire the
necessary knowledge in Rice production to
improve their productivity in view of the current
ban on Rice importation by the Federal
Government.
According to him, for such a farmer must be
educated on how to go about farming the crop
from cultivation to harvest levels. He used the
forum to charge the participants to make proper
use of the knowledge to be imparted to them by
VCDP.
Earlier in his Address the Value Chain
Development Program State Coordinator, Mr.
Irimiya Musa said, the program has the mandate
to educate Rice and Cassava Farmers on how to
carry out their farming activities, supply them with
fertilizer and other farm inputs in order to enable
them to maximize profit, he explained that they
also construct rural roads for farmers to convey
their agricultural products to the markets and
develop farmlands for farmers.
A ban on rice importation has made our local
farmers to go back to what they know how to do
best and even in a mechanized way and at this
moment giving way to subsistent farming. This
also has helped by making them employers of
labor through creating hundreds of jobs to reduce
dependence on Government. Boosting rice
production will also protect our agro-industries,
naira, power, economy and per capital income
farmers will be motivated to produce more of the
local Rice
-source TarabaVoices
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