Ondo state government has hinted that it is planning to cultivate 3,000 hectares of rice farmland in each of the 3 senatorial districts of the state towards ensuring food security in the state.

While speaking to Journalists, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo made this disclosure during an inspection of a rice demonstration plantation in Ayede- Ogbese in Akure North local government area.

If the target of the state government is met and the project eventually becomes a success, Ondo state will be able to boast of self-sufficiency and even become an export market for Rice in no distant time.

And to achieve this feat, the state government decided to train indigenous farmers with the consultation of a Malaysian expert, Jamaludin Bin Jaya, who is the Manager and Consultant involved in training the indigenous farmers in rice cultivation.

He explained that a total of 22 farmers are under studying the experts in the new methods of rice cultivation.

One of the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture sponsored by the state government on training to Malaysia, Omolakin Oluwole says he has gained enough knowledge as he will be giving professional advice to rice farmers in the state.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo reveals that the target of Ondo state is to prepare about 9,000 hectares of Rice plantation; 3 thousand in each of the Senatorial districts of the state, saying farmers have learnt a new method of planting rice which will bring more yield.