Firm secures 5000 hectares of land for rice production in Adamawa

A wholly indigenous agribusiness firm, Haske and Williams, has acquired 5,000 hectares of land in Demsa, Adamawa State to commence development of an integrated rice production project. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on the signing of the development lease agreement for the paddy cultivation component of the project, the President and Founder of the firm, […]

A wholly indigenous agribusiness firm, Haske and Williams, has acquired 5,000 hectares of land in Demsa, Adamawa State to commence development of an integrated rice production project.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on the signing of the development lease agreement for the paddy cultivation component of the project, the President and Founder of the firm, Mr. Abdullahi Bashir Haske, said the agreement was between the Batta Traditional Council of Demsa and Manomi support services limited, a subsidiary of Haske and Williams limited.
He described the execution of the development lease agreement as a critical milestone for the development of the company’s 5,000 Hectare Irrigated and Mechanized Paddy Cultivation Estate, stressing that it is the first of its kind private sector led initiative in north eastern Nigeria.