The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has commissioned an ultra-modern integrated rice farm and mill, named JOSAN, at Ufuma, Orumba north Local Government Area of the state.
At the commissioning, the governor revealed that rice production in the state is presently 400,000 metric tons, above the 320,000 metric tons of annual consumption capacity of the state.
According to him however, the state has a higher goal of achieving over 513,000 metric tons by the end of 2017.
While the rice farm is already operational, an irrigation project has also been added.
The government had signed a partnership deal with Joseph Agro Nigeria limited in 2014, for the cultivation of rice in Ufuma and the takeover of Omor Rice mill.
Also according to the Chairman of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, ANSIPPA, the investment which is in partnership with the state government is the largest in the south-east, sitting on 15,000 hectares of land.
He noted that the development would create over 3,000 direct jobs when completed, with the capacity to do all year round rice farming.
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