Delta State Inaugurates 16-man Agricultural Marketing Coordination Committee

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday initiated a 16-man Agricultural Marketing Coordination Committee (AMCC) to reform the agricultural sector of the State. He said that the committee was “to develop the agricultural sector in line with our stated objectives of economic diversification, food security, self-reliance and prosperity for all.”

 “This is in consonance with our electoral promise to reform the agricultural sector for the purposes of wealth creation, boosting employment, achieving value addition and sustainable economic growth.”

”We have invested substantial resources, personnel, time and energy to stimulate agricultural production through the Production and Processing Support Programme (PPSP) and we must do much more than boost the yields from the agricultural sector,” he said.

He commented that the AMCC would “tackle the marketing challenges faced by farmers in Delta State and help farmers worry less about finding suitable markets for their produce, while ensuring that they prosper from the work of their hands, thereby make farming attractive once again.”