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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Jan 20, 2019 10:38:07 GMT 1
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has urged farmers to use the opportunity given to them by the Government to improve agricultural production.
At the Northern Agricultural Summit in Jos, the Governor lauded the attendance of farmers and stakeholders and assured that the summit will ensure food security and alleviate poverty in the nation.
"It is delightful to also note that this conference has in attendance, the academia, including crop and livestock farmers and technocrats from the various ministries of agriculture in the north. This hopefully underscores the significance of the summit, with a very strong belief that the quality of discussions will continue to assist us in attaining our set objectives of national food production, security and poverty alleviation,” he said.
He addressed some of the critical issues of the agricultural sector like subsistence farming methods, poorly fertile soils due to low fertiliser usage per hectare, inadequate access to the right quality farm input, low technology application, bad agronomy practices, poor road rural network and other vital infrastructure, high prevalence of crop and livestock diseases and inadequate research, low uptake or utilisation of research results, and so on.
He emphasized on the quota of his administration to the state agricultural sector.
He said, “With due sense of modesty, let me state that within the over three years of being in office, we have re-modeled, supported and enhanced some of our crucial agricultural projects and programmes.
Currently, we are sustaining this through harnessing agro-enterprises, where we possess near absolute comparative advantage and collaboration with individuals, firms, and agencies that are professionally reputable.”
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