Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi was one of the five members of government questioned on March 30, 2017 at the Senate. Minister Eyebe Ayissi began by presenting the situation of Cotton production in the North, Far North and parts of Adamawa regions which he said employs about 206,000 producers. Given the strategic importance of cotton production, the Head of State, he stressed, instructed for the restructuring of the sector. With the instructions of the Head of State, multiple actions to boost cotton production were taken with a well elaborated strategy drawn up. The government has also been keen to help cotton producers diversify agricultural production with the development of 60 hectares of maize and 70 hectares of sorghum farms in order to avoid over dependence on cotton alone for livelihood.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2017 15:11 UTC