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Ondo offers lucrative hybrid seedlings to farmers

Fatimoh Muraina

The Ondo state Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Mr Olayato Aribo has stated that planting of hybrids economic and food tree seedlings will increase yields and boost income of farmers.

The Commissioner stated this during an inspection visit to the nursery farm site of Tree Crops Unit located within the Ministry’s headquarters, Alagbaka, Akure.

In a statement issued by the Head Publicity and Media Relations officer, Mr Sola Omoboyowa, the seedlings have been raised and ready for collection which will be given at a highly subsidized rates.

While emphasizing in the need for people to go back to farming, Aribo described farming ad lucrative and capable of eradicating poverty fin the society.

The Director of Tree Crop Unit, TCU , Mrs Olabisi Ajayi said they embarked on nursing the hybrid seedlings to encourage farmers to have quality economic and food tree seedlings to increase yields, as well increase their income for a better living. 

She said interested farmers should visit the Ministry for booking, saying that the sale will commence during the rainy season.

She highlighted the economic and food trees nursed to include: oil palm, cashew, bitter kola, kolanut, walnut, coconut, soursop, African star apple (Agbalumo), African nut Meg (Ariwo) etc.

According to her, most of the economic and food tree seedlings have health benefits aside the economic value, especially soursop which she said is filled with antioxidants, vitamins C and E, zinc, and beta-carotene,  found to decrease the risk of eye disease.

“It also reduces oxidative stress, which can otherwise cause cataracts and other eye related issues,” she noted.

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“Other health benefits are treatment of infections caused by bacteria and parasites, boosts kidney and Liver health and the acetogenins in soursop can kill the malignant cells of 12 types of cancer, with liver cancer being one of them, it can also be used extensively for the treatment of stress and other issues like depression, it can also be used to treat Ulcer and boost immune system among others.”

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