UNVDA Ndop : Innovative Scheme Awaited to Enhance Production

"Ensure that the government's 2020 roadmap to increase rice production by at least 20% is achieved". That is the challenge staring the new Board Chairman of Upper Nun Valley Development Authority(UNVDA), on the face, Dr Nwana Sama Bernard who was commissioned  in Bamenda on August 19, 2020 by the Minister of Agriculture  and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe. The event was the Extraordinary Board meeting of the Agro-Industry during which Dr Nwana Bernard emerged as the new Board Chairman on the strength of a Presidential Decree. He succeeds late Tikela Kemone who died on May 1, 2020.
In effect, UNVDA has its place in the economy of the North West and West regions and Minister Gabriel Mbairobe challenged the new leadership of the UNVDA to give visibility to the Head of State's option to modernise rural agriculture The way forward according to the Minister is for Dr. Nwana Bernard to enhance performance with new and innovative strategies which lead to an increase in production productivity of rice. It is also about the development of the Upper Nun Valley area, Intensification of rice production, organising rice farmers into professional farming groups, seed multiplication, opening of access roads and accelerating progress towards emergence for farmers and the nation. Second generation agriculture is the answer and to achieve; UNVDA is expected to modernise their production tools and acquire new equipment....