Chief Audu Ogbeh |
The present
Administration has been commended on her giant stride and foresightedness in
revolutionizing Agriculture in Nigeria for more food safety and quality
assurance of Agricultural commodities.
These heartwarming impactful achievements are being achieved
through the effort of the inter-Ministerial committee on Zero Reject Initiative
co-chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural development Chief Audu Ogbe
and Mr. Okechukwu Enelama of Industry Trade and Investment.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu
Ogbe made this commendation while flagging off the Nationwide Advocacy in Kano,
The Minister who was represented by the Director FDA, Dr. Amin Babande revealed
that the quality of commodities starts from the field operations including land
cleaning, soil testing,, seeds selection, varietal selection, chemical
application, good agricultural practices (GAP) as well as post -harvest
operations which are under the mandate
of the Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA).
Speaking further, Audu
Ogbeh said to truly practice diversification and use agriculture as a veritable
tool to grow the economy and also have our own share of the export at both
regional and international markets. The time is now for mainstream food safety
into agricultural products.
Chief Ogbeh said the nationwide advocacy on quality control
and standardization of agricultural commodities which targets primary producers
(farmers) and other stakeholders along the food chain is therefore necessary at
this time to inculcate the culture of agro quality among the policy makers in
both public and private institutions to recognize.
The Executive Governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
while flagging off the nationwide advocacy on agricultural quality control and
standardization- Zero Reject Initiative in Kano state for the North-West
thanked the Federal Government for this proactive initiative. He said, with the
location of the famous Dawanou International Market in Kano, an International Airport,
a Hydro-electric Power Project, a functional Railway System, an Export
Processing Zone at Panisou, the state government is ready to key into the Zero
Reject Initiative immediately because of the comparative advantage over all the
states in the North West zone.
Some intervention materials were distributed to selected
rice, tomatoes, and bee farmers during the event.
Lere-Adams, A. Blessing
Acting Director; Information
FMARD.
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