An agro-based firm, H.O Corn, says it plans to cultivate 30,000 hectares of land
with an expected yield of 120,000 tonnes of maize to meet households and industrial demand in 2020.
Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mr Harrison Andrew, made this in Kaduna on Sunday.
Andrew said that the 120,000 tonnes would be produced in two farming seasons, six months per season within the year, at 60,000 tonnes each.
He explained that H.O Corn began maize cultivation in 2017 on a farm located at Iseyin Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State.
He added that the company has increased its cultivation capacity to 30,000 acres, making it the largest maize farm in the country.
Andrew pointed out that maize production in the country has increased from 7.2 million metric tonnes between 2016 and 2017 to 10.2 million metric tonnes between 2018 and 2019.
