Chief Audu Ogbeh |
The Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Chief Audu Ogbeh has responded to
his critics saying his decision to import improved grass seeds into the country
to feed our animals is unchangeable saying he never said he would import grass.
Many media
organizations except Food Farm News
have reported the story of minister’s importation of grass from Brazil as
against his earlier discussion reported in our last January-February edition
where it was stated that the FMARD would partner the Institute for Agricultural
Research (IAR) in growing grass at a meeting held at the conference room of Raw
Material Research Development Council (RMRDC).
During the
press conference held at Sheraton organized by NiMet during the Seasonal
Rainfall Presiction (SRP), the minister said that he shouldn’t be misquoted by
the media, “ Nigeria is not importing grasses but the seeds” the Minister said.
He added
that we cannot just feed the cow with just any grass, the grass for Golf Course
is different from the one that is used to feed a cow saying “there are grasses
used for feeding cow and it’s the seeds that we are importing, so that we will
be able to multiply them for future use, which will also generate income.
Currently
Saudi Arabia is importing grasses from the United Kingdom to feed their cows,
but here we are not importing the grass but the seed. We need to provide for
our cow, so that we will end the importation of milk soon”
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