“We are interested in growing the agriculture sector in terms of growing wealth for our people, our over dependence on oil has had its challenges, and we need to return to agriculture and agro- business to stimulate the economy and enable an inclusive and sustainable growth for our people.”-Governor Okowa.
The Delta state Government under Governor Okowa has put unprecedented focus on agriculture.
These numerous initiatives is to improve productivity, safeguard farmers and augment their incomes and improve their overall well-being.
The steps taken by the Government are helping the farmers in a multitude of ways; from easy availability of fertilizers to improving irrigation facilities, providing them with tractors, from crop insurance scheme to easy access to credit, from scientific help to better price for their produce.
Governor Okowa has also given a call to double farmers’ incomes by 2019 by multi-modal interventions.
The Govt realises that agriculture needs to more predictable, productive and profitable. This needs a multidimensional approach to solving farmers’ problem throughout the entire cycle and hence the Govt has come up with solutions to various issues faced by farmers.
On Fertilisers; Long queues for fertilisers are history now. The Govt is ensuring easy availability of fertilisers for farmers. Prices of fertilisers have also been reduced significantly.
Apart from the above measures, a multi-pronged approach has been adopted to augment farmers’ income. Efforts are already been made to increase farm income through supports to allied activities like fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy products.
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