At Nomeh, South-East’s agricultural revival takes root

For decades, agriculture was at the heart of the economy of the old Eastern Region, providing food, employment, raw materials and wealth for millions of people.
It was a period when the region’s agricultural enterprise was not merely about subsistence farming. It was an organised economic system in which production was linked to processing, trade and industry.
That history was repeatedly invoked at Nomeh Unateze in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, last week, September 22, 2026, as the South-East Development Commission (SEDC) began the implementation of what it described as an integrated agricultural development programme on about 200 hectares of land.
The project, w...