In its bid to enhance food sufficiency and boost revenue , the authorities of the Federal University of Technology , Owerri (FUTO ), have cultivated about 59 hectares of farmland within the institution , for different food crops .


The Vice Chancellor , Prof . Francis Chukwuemeka Eze , disclosed this while briefing journalists .


Eze, said the farm is operating under the platform of FUTO Farms Limited , stressing that 30 ha had been designated for cultivation of cassava ; 20 ha for pineapple and plantain; four ha for orange , while
two ha were used for pawpaw .


Others, the VC disclosed , are three ha for oil palm seedlings and seven ha for raffia palm seedlings plantation .


According to him , soon a mini shop would be opened behind the institution ’ s department of Dental Technology for commercial sale of the yields .


Source: https://m.guardian.ng/features/futo-goes-into-commercial-farming/