Osun Can Produce Rice For Southwest – Aregbesola

The Governor, state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Thursday confirmed the claims of a research that the state has the capacity to meet the rice needs of the South West.
The Governor made this observation during a visit to Onilapa to meet with rice farmers to discuss ways of improving output and packaging of local rice in the state.
“Two days ago, I was in Onilapa to meet with rice farmers to discuss ways of improving output and packaging of local rice in the state.
“New research has shown that the state of Osun has enough capacity to meet the rice needs of the South West.
“Our government will continue to provide support for these local farmers until they reach the target of 20 tonnes per hectare.

“We are working closely with various research institutes to offer insight and ideas to rural farmers towards improving their capacity.

“Our intervention in agriculture did not begin today as we have prioritised the welfare of these rural farmers from the get-go. This is why we willfully up took the task of opening up our rural areas through the construction of roads
“Under our Rural Access and Mobility Project (ORAMP), we have constructed 10km of roads in all LGAs totalling 310km across the state,” he said.