Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State Governor, planting the first oil palm tree, with Ajibola Adebutu (second right), managing director, JB Farms Limited, during the inauguration of the plantation in Ore, Ondo State recently.
In a bid to boost local palm oil production in the country and also support the Federal Government's backward integration policy, JB Farms Limited has unveiled its new 10,000 hectares of oil palm plantation in Ore, Ondo State.
The oil palm plantation will employ no fewer than 10,000 direct and 30
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
