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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Nov 27, 2018 17:47:46 GMT 1
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, The Chairman Senate Committee on Agriculture, has called on government at all levels to encourage mechanised farming to move the nation’s agriculture sector to a competitive level. This he said in the side-line of the 2018 National Agricultural Show in Tudun Wada, Nasarawa. The Senator emphasized that if embraced, mechanisation would reinforce more farmers, lessen the labour time drain in agriculture as well as help in achieving food self-sufficiency. “We want to see more mechanised agriculture equipment so that we can systematically move from the manual method of agriculture to automatic production that will include ploughing, planting, spraying of pesticides, harvesting, processing, and storage of modern facilities.” he said. “If we are able to move along that line, then Nigeria will join the international competition in agricultural production’’. He added. “Farming generally is very challenging, you are not in control of 100 per cent of factors to make a successful year in farming, and there are natural occurrences. “The important thing is to have the passion to drive you into doing more and achieving better results every year. Some years you have a bumper harvest and some, you do not have,’’ He noted He said all farmers in the country should support the Federal Government in its effort to achieving food security.
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