Nigeria's Agric Revolution Long Way Off Without Adequate Mechanisation – Okoli
The government’s drive to diversify the economy through the agriculture sector has not yielded much result. Why is this so?
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The government’s drive to diversify the economy through the agriculture sector has not yielded much result. Why is this so?
On a chilly Wednesday morning in Atakumosa east LGA, Osun state, Isaac Obadare was in his palm oil farm with just one of his worker, operating tenaciously for the production of less than 7 (25kg) kegs of the cooking product.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono. Photo: TWITTER/FMARDNG Mr Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says there is the need for Nigerians to accord agriculture its prime position a good replacement for the dwindling crude oil. Nanono gave the advice on Owerri at a one-day workshop organised for maize growers and processors by the Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPMAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme, with theme: “Post-Harvest Management of Maize Stakeholders Conference- under the ...