Delta
State Government has stated its readiness to partner with Michigan State
University for the development of agriculture in the state.
Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa, disclosed this in Asaba when scholars of agriculture from the
Michigan State University paid him a courtesy visit, saying that the policy
thrust of the present administration was anchored on the SMART Agenda, adding
that one of the ways to actualize it was through agriculture to provide gainful
employment for Deltans.
Earlier,
the leader of the group, Assistant Professor of International Development,
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Dr. Oyinkan Tasie, said
that they were in the state to partner with government through the Ministry of
Agriculture and Delta State University towards developing strong agricultural
policies in the state.
He said
that the partnership would involve the training of professors and students of
agriculture in the state.
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