The Enugu State Government has set aside 750 hectares of land for commercial agriculture for youths and women in the state, Mr Michael Eneh, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said on Monday.
Speaking to ENUGU REPORTERS, he said, “Contracts have been awarded by the state government for the clearing of a total of 750 hectares of land for commercial agriculture in the state.
“On completion, the land will be segmented into three-hectare plots for allocation to youths and women to undertake commercial food cultivation.”
Some of the communities chosen for the programme are Ogbeke, 50 hectares; Oduma, 50 hectares; Ogulogu, 100 hectares; Akpugo-Eze, 50; Owo, 50 hectares; and Nnewe, 100 hectares.
Others are: Ikem, 50 hectares; Agkuibeje, 50 hectares; Oghu, 50 hectares; Eha Amufu, 100 hectares; Obimo, 50 hectares; and Amangunze, 50 hectares.
According to the commissiomer, the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi administration has purchased 20 tractors with complete sets of implements for each of the tractors at the cost of N175.3 million.
“The tractors are to be given to young agricultural/engineering graduates to render tractor hiring services to farmers, especially those farmers at the green cities (arable planting areas), where commercial agriculture is being practiced, on a cost recovery basis for sustainability.
“The beneficiaries will be required to pay back the subsidised cost of the tractors and its implements over a period of six years,” he said.
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