Don’t appoint politician as agric minister, farmers tell Tinubu
“The IITA , which is a research institution, said that within 24 months it can quadruple the amount of yam we produce in Nigeria because of the way seedlings are now produced.But this cannot get to the farmers in the villages as required.
On his part, the President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabir Ibrahim, said the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should be reformed, while the current agricultural policy should be properly implemented. “The National Food Reserves Agency should be resuscitated as the former President instructed. But because of the incompetence of the out-gone leadership in the ministry, it was not resuscitated. Also, currently, we do not have a food strategy plan and if there is a famine, where do we get buffer stock?” he stated.“The President said that he was going to create hubs in all the zones of the federation.
The AFAN president also called for the creation of an enabling environment for farmers in order to enable them to optimise their productivity.
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