Senator trains farmers, donates seedlings

Senator Egba who is also Nigeria’s Senate leader,also presented assorted farming implements, crops and high yielding seedlings to enable farmers in his constituency boost their farming activities. Farmers from Obubra, Boki, Etung, Yakkur, Abi and Ikom were educated on modern farming, application of pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers to enable them maximise their output and to […]

Senator Egba who is also Nigeria’s Senate leader,also presented assorted farming implements, crops and high yielding seedlings to enable farmers in his constituency boost their farming activities.
Farmers from Obubra, Boki, Etung, Yakkur, Abi and Ikom were educated on modern farming, application of pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers to enable them maximise their output and to access loans from financial institutions.
The senator said that the agricultural inputs and improved seedlings were for distribution to farmers in the six local government areas.
The items donated include 12,000 yam seedlings, 5,000 sachets of Rodomil pesticides, 5,000 litres of Gamalin, 500 litres of pesticides, 600 knapsack sprayers and 200 bags of high yield rice seedlings.
Ndoma Egba said the donation was for the first phase of the farmers’ outreach which would be a continuous process to enable the farmers build capacity to produce more food.
“The Central Senatorial District is a multi-purpose farming zone with quite a number of agricultural products produced there and to make the farmers produce more we have to strengthen their effort,” he said.
The senate leader said he was satisfied with the progress of the programme and response of the farmers towards imbibing new skills and assured that though the exercise that held in Ikom was a pilot project, the frequency will be increased and more agricultural inputs and seedlings given to the farmers.
The Paramount Ruler of Ikom, Ntulem Peter Njul Eku, appealed to the senate leader and the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, to assist farmers in the senatorial district by establishing rice and cocoa processing mills to enable them add value to their produce before taking them to the market to getappreciable prices for their products.