NO fewer than 600 hectares of rice farms had been destroyed by flood in Uso/Ogbese community of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Coordinator of the Rice farmers under the aegis of Federated FADAMA Rice Association, Mr Olayinka Labiran, who explained that rice farmers in that area were worst hit by the flood.

He lamented that the flooding would affect their drive towards ensuring sufficiency of rice production and food security in the country, saying millions of Naira had been lost to the flood.


According to him, the association was working towards making available rice available in large quantity before the persistent torrential rain which destroyed most of the rice farms in the area.

He disclosed that they can no longer access their farms as the entire area has been flooded, noting that the rice which is in their fruiting stage and should be ready for harvest in October had been destroyed.
Source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/flood-destroys-600-hectares-rice-farms-in-ondo/

USO/ogbese is not a good choice for such a massive project. They ought to know at this season that the presence of river ogbese in that location would pose a serious threat.