In what appears to be its response to national food crisis and the need to shore up internally generated revenue, Kwara State Polytechnic farm harvested 25 tonnes of maize from it’s maize, which in monetary value is estimated at N30 Million according to market survey.
The volume of harvest also amounts to about 10 percent of such produce that enters one of Ilorin’s grain markets at Ago daily.
“It’s our response to the challenge by Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq to maximize protentials of the institutions and we intend to sustain the process,” Engr. Dr Abdul Jimoh, rector of the school.
The rector has been facing challenges on land related claims by aborigines of Ara, where the Polytechnic is cited.
The Polytechnic had started the farm project to also stop future encroachment on its lands.
Speaking further, the Rector said that a total of 20 hecteres with 10 hecteres each for the two phases of the farm project.
The farm also had cassava, believes would yield an estimated 180 tonnes when harvested later in the year.