Boosting food productivity per hectare through intensive agricultural practices has been described by agricultural scientists and technologists as the most potent way of revving up food production without much disruption to the ecosystem.
This follows moves around the world to tame deforestation as a major factor responsible for global warming and climate change.
Improved planting materials could cost farmers some resources, but yields would make it more economical than recycling disease-infested and low-yielding varieties that most farmers cultivate year-in year-out.
Assistant Director at the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation , Mr Tope Faleye, said increasing productivity of farmers and ensuring food security are unrealisable without robust farm mechanisation scheme to help farmers, as younger generations of Nigerians no longer take interest in farming.
Corroborating this recently, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development of Dangote Industries Limited, Edwin Devakumar, said Nigeria is one of the countries with the lowest application of fertiliser, hence, low productivity.
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