As the world celebrates 2022 world soil day, the President, International Union of the Soil Scientists (IUSS), Professor Victor Chude has promised that Nigeria will experience more investments in soil management to achieve food security. Prof. Victor Chude said this in an exclusive interview with Food Farm News to mark the 2022 World soil day in Abuja last Monday, 5th December.
Chude said there is need for Nigerian government to invest more into soil management in view of climate impact on soil management and productivity productivity in order to ensure more food harvest for security, saying the soil management had since been neglected without cares in many countries.
Chude said that “ With my appointment Nigeria will now be
counted among nations in the world that has respect for soil through its
inclusion in the policy agenda. This will enable her to participate with issues
relating to soil and what happens to our soil worldwide. We are currently leading the entire country in policy decisions that relate
to soil"
He said further that
time has come for Nigeria to experience a positive change in soil management as there are lots of gains through such investments that would result
to a positive change in the production
of food across Africa.
Also speaking during an interview with journalists, the
president of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) Prof. Jibrin Jibrin
aligned with the need for government to urgently embark on investment that would
enhance soil management towards higher food productivity, adding that there are
no enough good laboratory facilities for the country.
Jibrin stressed the need to create enough awareness about
soil health management with testing laboratories across the country to cover
all the local government councils and the universities.
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