Gov Caleb Mutfwang broke ground Friday on a massive 50-hectare Irish potato seedling multiplication site in Bokkos’ Butura community, unleashing disease-free, weather-tough imported seeds to rocket farmer output from 100 bags per hectare to a whopping 400—flipping Plateau into Nigeria’s potato powerhouse and luring factories nationwide.
Drawing from his own farming roots, Mutfwang vowed trainings on modern planting and mixed cropping, plus a Feb 2026 tissue lab finish to sustain the boom—empowering 20,000 growers via Agric Comm Samson Bugama’s push for quantum leaps in quality seeds and value that rewrite the state’s agri story.
This seed revolution taps Plateau’s untapped tuber goldmine, blending gov grit with farmer hustle to crush imports, spike incomes and feed Naija’s staple craze—if adoption sticks.
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