The Kwara state government will Wednesday May 20 ,2020 officially flag off the 2020 cropping season at Alateko Village in Moro local government aare of the state.
A statement from the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Adenike Afolabi-Oshatimehin said Tuesday that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is deploying tractors, planters, boom sprayers and harvesters to create awareness about mechanised farming.
“The flag off at Alateko is for the Kwara North senatorial district. We are having another flag off for Kwara South on Friday May 22 at Ajase Ipo while the one for Kwara Central will hold next Monday, May 25th, at Oke Oyi, according to the statement.
“The flag-off will display machineries for complete mechanisation of the primary production process such as mechanised soil tillage, planting, fertilisation, and herbicide application to further enhance the productivity of our farmers.”
She said the flag off would avail local farmers the opportunity of not only accessing the machines at affordable rates but also demonstrating good agricultural practices on commercial scale as a springboard for the anticipated agriculture-based industrialisation of the state.
Also to be displayed are assorted hybrid varieties of tree crops such as Cocoa, oil palm, citrus, cocoanut, pawpaw, guava and cashew, she added.
