The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has described cashew as a game changer as every part of the fruit was money.

He said that as a part of efforts to boost production of cashew as a foreign exchange earner in the country, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would plant three million seedlings of improved cashew every year in the next four years.

The Minister, who was represented by a Director in the Ministry, Mr. Titus Efuntoye, during the flag off of the 2016 Cashew Festival and National Cashew Season in Ilorin, said that about 30,000 hectares of land in cashew producing states would be covered.

According to him, " farmers would be supported in rejuvenating their old cashew plantations by replacing the old plans with the improved Varieties""

Speaking at the event, Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed said if farmers had access to affordable credit, problems associated with the transformation of agriculture into viable agribusiness would be surmounted.