The programme was a nine month-programme which started in 2023 and ended in January 2024 with nine states benefitting from the assistance it provided
The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has pledged to partner Enugu State government with food production and other agricultural developments.
The organisation said the partnership would be achieved through provision of technical assistance to improve the state’s agro-allied sector.
Dr Adiya Ode, Team Leader of the organisation, gave the assurance on Wednesday when she led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Governor Peter Mbah, at the Government House, Enugu.
The UK body, which through its Propcom+ project, provides climate resilience programme and supports sustainable, smart agriculture and forestry transformation.
Ode said the programme was a nine month-programme which started in 2023 and ended in January 2024 with nine states benefitting from the assistance it provided.
She added that the programme focused on improvement on agricultural productivity and ways to reduce conflicts over natural resources.
According to her,Enugu State picked interest in the programme because it saw the work they were able to do in some states like Edo State.
She, however, said they will provide technical assistance to the state government in areas of improved forestry resources, improved land resources of the state, and also rehabilitate the resources to produce commodities.
This, she said, include oil palm, cashew, among other agricultural produce.
Responding, Mbah described the visit as a huge opportunity for Enugu State to maximize and boost the state’s agricultural production.
He added that the state government was committed to the project and to the ideas of the group.
The governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, said the Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation, Mr Patrick Ubru, was working diligently to have a holistic plan toward technical advisory support in the area.