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The Federal Government ( FG) has formally approved the second phase of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP II), even as this approval coincides with the readiness of the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fund the program towards enhanced food security.
All Agricultural research institutes in Nigeria may have suffered great setback as Federal Government (FG) is planning to release only 30% of the capital budget to all the institutes while the rest seventy percent will be deferred till 2026.
The rise of dangerous chemicals to human health is increasing daily in our food systems, as concerns about this unwholesome development through fertilisers and pesticides are undermining the standards of our agricultural produce.
Introduction
The attainment of food security has been a recurring promise by each successive Governments since 1999 and even before.This is a promise that is wanting but never fulfilled with all manners of excuse.
Over the past decades, Nigeria’s agricultural landscape has witnessed a growing need for sustainable and environment friendly farming inputs. As global calls for healthier food systems and safer cultivation practices intensify, local innovators have begun to rise to the challenge.
*IAR, NRCRI speak
The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, has called for strategic and harmonised research collaboration between two national research institutes to decisively tackle the recurring ginger blight epidemic in the country.
