Obudu Council Chairman, Bonny Ewhe Trains And Empowers 400 Farmers With Input

The Chairman of Obudu Local Government Council, Mr Boniface Eraye Ewhe has trained and empowered Four Hundred 400 farmers with Agrochemicals, selected across the ten political wards on modern farming techniques.

The training held today, October 8th, 2022 at the Senator Liyel Imoke Civic Centre, and had the Obudu Local Government Council Director of Agriculture, Mr Peter Egop as the lead facilitator.

Egop mentioned pest control, fertilizer and herbicide application as some modern farming techniques, and insisted that food sufficiency and security can only be guaranteed by a departure from the archaic and mundane farming practices.

He further charged the beneficiaries to employ modern techniques that have been scientifically proven to be more effective in enhancing productivity.

Speaking during the presentation of the agrochemicals, the Council Chairman, Mr Boniface Ewhe averred that “this training and support will not have come at a better time than now, the training is timely and will enable farmers prepare early and ahead of the next farming season.

“Let me charge you to apply the knowledge gained during the training. Our people are predominantly farmers and our desire to support you necessitated this training and support. I encourage you to put in your very best and I assure you that you will be happy with your harvest”

Ewhe however commended the governor for the support and assured farmers of more of the intervention. “I want to use this opportunity to thank His Excellency, Sen Ben Ayade for his contribution towards the success of the programme. I want to assure you that more of this gesture is underway as his excellency has pledged full commitment to Agriculture to ensure uptimum productivity”

During the training section of the programme, the Obudu Local Government Council Director of Agriculture, Mr. Peter Egop, who was the lead facilitator charged the farmers to look beyond the archiac methods of farming and employ modern techniques that have been scientifically tested and proven to be more effective in enhancing productivity. The facilitators took time to explain various improved methods of cultivating the major food crops endemic to our region.

The programme had 40 farmers selected from each ward and were each given a bag fertilizer (NPK 20:10:10), one litre each of herbicide and insecticide.

Some of the beneficiaries thanked the chairman for his wisdom and consideration of the Obudu farmers in his programmes and noted that the inputs will in no small measure improve their farming output in the next farming season.