Ma ka piha piha, hiki i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke hoʻopaʻa i hoʻokahi miliona mau mea kanu cassava, kahi e kanu ana i nā mea no 50ha, a hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka leo ʻelua a ʻekolu manawa i ka makahiki, wahi a Mr Obasanjo.
ʻO ka Olusegun Obasanjo Farms ma Owiwi, Ewekoro Local Government Area o Ogun State, ua lawe i ka ʻenehana hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ka hooulu ana i ka nuko.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Obasanjo ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i ka Semi Autotrophic Hydrophonic Facility for Cassava Stem Multiplication technology i ka wā o ka kipa ʻana i Central African Republic (CAR) i ka makahiki i hala a ua hoʻoholo e hoʻolauna iā ia i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai Nigerian.
I ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hiki i ka mahiʻai ke hana ma kahi o ʻekolu miliona plantlets o ka cassava i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka papahana, ma lalo o ka papahana Technology for African Agric Transformation, ua hui pū me ka International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka mahiʻai ma Owiwi, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Mr Obasanjo iā IITA no ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻenehana i ʻApelika.
“He ʻenehana kēia e hiki ke ulu i ka cassava a loaʻa ka pae kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i kēia ʻano kikoʻī ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i 30 tonnes no ka ʻeka a ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e hana nei me ke kūkākūkā, "wahi a Mr Obasanjo.
“Ma ka piha piha, hiki i ka hale kōmaena ke paʻa ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mau mea kanu, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu no 50ha, a hiki ke hana hou ʻia kēia leo ʻelua a ʻekolu manawa i ka makahiki. No laila, hiki i kēia ke hana ma kahi o 3 miliona mau mea kanu i kēlā me kēia makahiki, "i ʻōlelo ai ka pelekikena mua.