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Friday, 12 April 2019

NASC, others march for quality as preparation begins for 2019 seedconnect


Issue warning to adulterated seed sellers

As preparations begin for the 2019 Seedconnect Conference and Expo in Abuja scheduled to hold on the 15th-16th of April 2019, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), with its partners and board of Trustee have taken to a march from the Federal Secretariat to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to continue the cry for quality seeds in the Nigerian Agricultural sector for better yield in food production across the country.

Speaking at the march was the Director General of the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), Dr. Philip Ojo, who disclosed that the event  was to create further awareness on the need for farmers to patronize quality seed to bumper food production, instead of patronizing the fake seed merchants who end up selling fake seeds that endangers their business.
Ojo added that the 2019 SeedConnect will bring together stakeholders from across and outside the country, to deliberate on a way forward on the use of quality seeds for increased productivity and the introduction of farmers to new technologies.
Ojo seized the opportunity to warn fake seed peddlers to desist from the further sale of adulterated seed as the effects are huge.
Also speaking on the occasion was the representative of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development(FMARD), Chief Audu Ogbeh, in the person of the Director Cooperative, Mr. Quadri Olalekan, said that farmers needed to key-in  into the use of quality seed to enable their crops perform better and enable them avoid recording losses during harvest, promising  that the ministry would do everything possible to make sure that the perpetrators of fake seed sale would face the law if caught, as stated in the seed law yet to be passed.
The Country Director of Open Forum of Agricultural biotechnology (OFAB), Dr. Rose Gidado, said that it was necessary for farmers to adopt the use of improved technology to ensure that they get increased yield across the country.

 

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