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Views: Visits 4 By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta A Professor of Crop Production, Professor Victor Olowe, has advocated for stronger ties between researchers and local farmers, stressing that this will guarantee food security in the country. Olowe, who said this, while delivering the 63rd Inaugural Lecture of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) with the theme “Unlocking the Production Potentials of Some Annual Oilseed Crops in Nigeria”, said such alliance will assist Nigeria to achieve food security. The don lamented that most local farmers in the country lacked the needed knowledge and skill to deploy technological gadgets on their farms. He stressed that the inclusion of local farmers when a research topic is being conceived and planned for execution is essential for the growth of small to medium scale farm produce, which is about 90 percent of the food consumed in tropical Africa. ....
Food security: Don seeks stronger ties between researchers, local farmers On By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta A Professor of Crop Production, Professor Victor Olowe, has advocated for stronger ties between researchers and local farmers, stressing that this will guarantee food security in the country. Olowe, who said this, while delivering the 63rd Inaugural Lecture of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) with the theme “Unlocking the Production Potentials of Some Annual Oilseed Crops in Nigeria”, said such alliance will assist Nigeria to achieve food security. The don lamented that most local farmers in the country lacked the needed knowledge and skill to deploy technological gadgets on their farms. ....